Former Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Rohit Sharma surpasses Kieron Pollard’s long-standing record for Indian Premier League (IPL) Mumbai Indians A record of up to 6 games. Rohit achieved a remarkable feat for Mumbai Indians against Kings XI Punjab (PBKS) in the 33rd match of IPL 2024 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. The 36-year-old faced 25 balls and scored 36 runs at a strike rate of 144 against PBKS. He hit 2 quarterbacks at the crease and 3 overhead boundaries. Currently, Rohit has hit 224 sixes for MI in the T20 tournament. Pollard ranks second in the list with 223 sixes.

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Hardik Pandya and Ishan Kishan ranked third and fourth with 104 and 103 sixes respectively.

Coming to the match, Sam Curran-led PBKS won the toss and decided to face Hardik Pandya’s MI on Thursday.

Kings XI Punjab (Starting Lineup): Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (C), Jitesh Sharma (Wk), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh.

Mumbai Indians (Starting Lineup):Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Tim David, Romali O. Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah.