IPL 2020: After his pyrotechnics with the bat, Rohit Sharma pulls off a one-handed stunner

Rohit Sharma might be in perfect frame of mind heing into IPL 2020 that gets underway on September 19. Rohit has alrey shown that he is rey to make his bat do talking on 22 yards when he h struck a humongous six recently as ball hit a moving bus outside park. w, Mumbai Indians skipper has shown some brilliant athleticism as a fielder as he took a stunner. 

'Rohit Sharma stunner': Mumbai Indians 

title-holders h posted a video of ir recent practice session where 'Hitman' is looking to get into groove as a slip fielder. While it is kwn that 'Catches Win Matches', slip fielding is something that a player needs to excel in. While it looks easy to eyes, it is t by any means as a slip fielder should be alert and also needs to make some difficult body movements (diving, timing his jump to perfection) in order to complete catch and that is what Sharma has mand to do. 

In video, MI he coach Mahela Jayawardene can be seen giving some catching practice to elegant opening batsman who is showing a lot of awareness as a fielder in slip cordon as he did t drop first catch which was a sitter. However, what really stood out here is that while attempting his second catch ball moved to his left as multiple-time IPL winner also dived to his left, timed it to perfection, and took a one-handed stunner. 

four-time champions captioned im as 'Just ar one-handed Rohit Sharma stunner in slip cordon!'

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.

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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