Jonny Bairstow Hails Rohit Sharma For 81 Vs Titans: '7000 Runs And Still...'

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Last Updated:May 31, 2025, 15:19 IST

Jonny Bairstow has lavished praise connected Rohit Sharma aft the erstwhile MI skipper hammered 81 disconnected 50 deliveries vs GT to assistance his squad inch person to regaining the coveted IPL trophy.

Rohit Sharma saved his champion for the Eliminator. (Sportzpics Photo)

Jonny Bairstow saluted Mumbai Indians (MI) stalwart Rohit Sharma for his tremendous sound that acceptable up a triumph successful the high-pressure Eliminator crippled of the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) against Gujarat Titans astatine the New PCA Stadium successful Mullanpur connected Friday, May 30. The Englishman enjoyed the champion spot successful the house, witnessing Rohit’s astonishing strokeplay for his 81 disconnected 50 deliveries from the different extremity of the pitch.

Overcoming stutters and inconsistency of the league stage, Rohit blasted the Titans to each corners successful Mullanpur. The elegant right-hander smashed 9 fours and 4 sixes to assistance MI scope a mammoth people of 228/5, which they yet defended by 20 runs.

Rohit shared an instrumental opening basal with Bairstow, who provided him large institution with his captious sound of 47 disconnected conscionable 22 deliveries. The duo took the sting retired of the Gujarat onslaught wrong the powerplay and posted 84 runs connected the committee earlier being separated successful the 8th over.

“Look, determination aren’t excessively galore things I request to accidental to Rohit. He has 7,000 IPL runs and a wealthiness of acquisition playing each astir the world, facing each the antithetic bowlers. He is 1 of the champion who’s ever done it. So it was a pleasance to beryllium retired determination with him. To get a concern similar that to get the squad disconnected to a bully start," Bairstow said successful a peculiar post-match clip posted by the IPL.

Coming arsenic a mid-season replacement for Ryan Rickelton, Bairstow besides spoke astir carrying nerves into his MI debut and however helium focused connected playing his portion during the must-win encounter. The England wicketkeeper-batter’s important powerplay blitz featured 4 fours and 3 sixes arsenic helium vindicated the squad management’s faith.

“Yeah, it’s been amazing. Obviously, to get the telephone telephone retired to articulation the Mumbai Indians was 1 happening and past evidently for them to suffice to play tonight, spell to Ahmedabad and the momentum that we person got is fantastic," said Bairstow.

“There’s ever nerves, nary substance who you are. When you play successful immoderate game. I deliberation that’s the quality of it. Those nerves if channelled successful the close mode tin bring the champion retired of you. And if you’re not nervous, past that’s the clip to accidental I americium done, I americium finished."

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