Published 22:26 IST, September 23rd 2020

IPL 2020: Netizens left in awe as 'Ro SuperHit Sharma' clobbers 200th IPL six vs Kolkata

Rohit Sharma played a wonderful innings on Wednesday as he scored 80 runs off just 54 deliveries with 6 maximums and 3 fours against Kolkata

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With a poor start in first game against Chennai, Rohit Sharma came down all guns blazing on Wednesday, as he clobbered Kolkata bowlers across park. skipper continued his love story with pull shot as he me his bat do talking against Kolkata pace battery. Sharma played a wonderful inning as he scored 80 runs off just 54 deliveries with 6 maximums and 3 fours. Mumbai-l also joined MS Dhoni in 200 IPL sixes club on his course of action.

Sharma's blitzkreig also left netizens awestruck as y heaped praise on Mumbai skipper. Here's how y reacted: 

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Mumbai set a target of 196

As Dinesh Karthik won toss and chose to field first, Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai suffered an early jolt as Quinton de Kock was dismissed in very second over. It was n Rohit Sharma who anchored innings along with Suryakumar Yav as former gave Pat Cummins a run for his money with a couple of sixes. duo looked dangerous as y got going, however, a brilliant run-out from Sunil Narine helped Kolkata get a significant breakthrough.

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Despite Surya's departure, thing stopped Mumbai skipper as he continued to slaughter Kolkata bowlers. Sharma missed out on a well-deserved century as he was dismissed by Shivam Mavi. However, Hardik Pandya took off from where skipper left before he was unfortunately sent back courtesy of a hit-wicket. Kolkata squ mand to pull things back with some tight bowling during death overs restricting ir opponents to just below 200.    

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22:26 IST, September 23rd 2020