Published 16:40 IST, September 9th 2020
IPL 2020: 'Hitman' Rohit Sharma smashes it out of the park as ball hits a moving bus
MI skipper Rohit Sharma smashed one out of the park during the team's recent practice session in Abu Dhabi as the ball hit a moving bus
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Rohit Sharma might be in perfect frame of mind heing into IPL 2020 that gets underway on September 19. He was seen sweating it out in nets during Mumbai Indians' training camp at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai a week before ir departure to UAE. w, it seems that Rohit is all set to take bowlers to cleaners or maybe even out of park as marquee tournament nears and it was pretty much evident when he struck a humongous six recently.
'Hits a moving bus': Mumbai Indians
It so happened that during MI's recent practice session in Abu Dhabi, a spinner can be seen bowling to Sharma as he vances down track and hits him out of park. However, what really stands out here is that while 'Hitman' is batting, a bus (supposedly MI's team bus) can be seen moving to or side and when Mumbai skipper mans to deposit ball out of park, it goes and hits roof of bus after which multiple-time IPL winner raises his arms in delight. It turned out to be a 95-meters six and at end of video, someone can be heard saying 'Window Broken'.
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IPL 2020: Arch-rivals MI & CSK to start proceedings
13th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 is nearly two weeks away and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) finally released much-awaited IPL schedule on Sunday. Defending champions Mumbai Indians will take on arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings in tournament opener on September 19 at Sheikh Zayed Stium, Abu Dhabi. cricketing carnival will be played across three venues - Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi. According to newly anunced IPL time table, Dubai will host 24 games, Abu Dhabi will host 21 games while Sharjah will be hosting 12 games.
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53-day tournament will witness 10 afteron matches starting at 3:30 PM (IST) while evening matches will start at 7:30 PM (IST).
Meanwhile, this will also be first time that an IPL final will be played on a weekday. tournament decider will be played on vember 10 i.e. on day of Diwali.
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16:40 IST, September 9th 2020