Hardik also became a victim of booing in Wankhede: Fan entered the stadium, hugged Rohit-Ishaan, 3 players became golden ducks; moments

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5-time champion Mumbai Indians faced its third consecutive defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. In the 17th season, on Monday, the team was defeated by Rajasthan Royals by 6 wickets on its own home ground.

When Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya reached near the pitch during the toss at Wankhede Stadium on Monday, the fans started chanting 'Rohit-Rohit'. During the match, a fan entered the field and reached Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan. Rajasthan's Shimron Hetmyer took an excellent catch by jumping in the air.

Top moments of MI vs RR match…

1. Slogans of 'Rohit-Rohit' raised in Wankhede Stadium
When Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya entered the field for the toss, the spectators started chanting 'Rohit-Rohit'. Earlier, the spectators had booed Hardik during the match in Hyderabad and Ahmedabad also.

Even before the toss, when Pandya was circling the ground for warm-up, the spectators booed him. Even when Pandya was booed at the time of the toss, he controlled himself and maintained a smile on his face.

Not only this, even when Pandya started speaking after the toss, Rohit's slogans continued. Commentator Sanjay Manjrekar had to ask the audience to 'please behave' i.e. improve their behaviour. Hardik has become the new captain of Mumbai, he replaced Rohit who led the team to 5 titles. That's why fans are booing Hardik.

When Hardik Pandya went for the toss, there was booing in the stadium and slogans of Rohit-Rohit also started.

2. 3 Mumbai players became golden ducks, Bolt sent all three to the pavilion
3 players from Mumbai became golden ducks, that is, 3 players were out on the very first ball of their innings without opening the account. Rohit Sharma and Naman Dheer were out in the first over. Whereas Dewald Brevis was caught out in the third over, all three were sent to the pavilion by Trent Boult.

Rohit Sharma was caught by Sanju Samson behind the wicket on the fifth ball of the first over.

After dismissing Rohit, Trent Boult also made Naman Dheer LBW on the last ball of the first over.

3. Shimron Hetmyer became Superman in the field
Shimron Hetmyer of Rajasthan took an excellent catch while standing at the point position. In the 12th over, Avesh Khan bowled a short pitch ball to Piyush Chawla. Chawla cut, the ball started going in the air, then Hetmyer jumped in the air and took an excellent catch. Chawla was out after scoring 3 runs in 6 balls. Captain Sanju Samson also looked happy after seeing his catch.

Shimron Hetmyer jumped in the air at point and took the catch of Piyush Chawla, after which Sanju Samson happily climbed on his back.

4. Riyan Parag made Rajasthan win by hitting 2 sixes and 1 four.
Riyan Parag gave victory to Rajasthan Royals by hitting 2 consecutive sixes and then 1 four. Rajasthan needed 15 runs to win from 30 balls after the 15th over. Gerald Cootzie came from Mumbai to bowl.

The first ball was bowled by Cootji at a speed of 141 km/hr, here Parag hit a six towards extra covers. The next ball, Cootji bowled a bouncer, this time Parag hit a six towards mid-wicket. The third ball, Cootzie again bowled a bouncer, this time the ball went behind the wicketkeeper for a four. In this way, Parag gave victory to Rajasthan by hitting 3 consecutive boundaries.

Riyan Parag played an unbeaten inning of 54 runs on 39 balls.

Riyan Parag played an unbeaten inning of 54 runs in 39 balls.

5. Rohit picked up the bhajji in his lap
Of course, Rohit Sharma is not captaining Mumbai Indians, but his craze among the fans remains intact. Not only this, he also has good bonding with former cricketers. On Monday, when Harbhajan Singh, who was doing commentary at the Wankhede Stadium, stopped near Rohit who was doing warm-up, Rohit shook hands with him and took him in his lap.

When commentator Harbhajan Singh came to meet Rohit, Rohit first shook hands with him and then hugged him.

6. Fan entered the stadium, hugged Rohit-Ishaan
During the match, a fan approached Rohit Sharma while fielding, who was pulled out by the security guard. When Rohit was standing in the slip, a fan jumped into the stadium and came near the pitch. He first hugged Rohit and then Ishaan and also shook hands with both of them. Rohit could not even open his account in the match, while Ishaan scored 16 runs.