Defending Champions Mumbai Indians will take on fierce rivals Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2020 opener on September 19 and their players are leaving no stone unturned in training ahead of the tournament.
Mumbai Indians are back in practice mode with skipper Rohit Sharma leading the charge ahead of IPL 2020. Mumbai Indians posted a new video in which Rohit Sharma can be seen enjoying net session under lights.
"Batsmen smash sixes, Legends clear the stadium, Hitman smashes a six + clears the stadium + hits a moving," Mumbai Indians captioned the video.
Batsmen smash sixes
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) September 9, 2020
Legends clear the stadium
Hitman smashes a six + clears the stadium + hits a moving #OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #MI #Dream11IPL @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/L3Ow1TaDnE
In the video, the MI skipper stepped out against a spinner and smashed a huge six that went beyond the stadium in Abu Dhabi and ended up landing on the rooftop of a moving bus. Rohit Sharma showcased his quality and preciseness as he sent the ball out of the park on the moving bus.
In the video, someone can be heard asking if Rohit 'broke the window of the bus or not'. The huge hit from Rohit Sharma seemed to have traveled 95 meters before hitting the bus.
Earlier on Monday, Mumbai Indians social handle uploaded a video of star pacer Jasprit Bumrah trying out the bowling of certain current and former cricketers.
1) Malinga
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) September 8, 2020
2) @glennmcgrath11
3) Ashish Nehra
4) @JadhavKedar
5) @rashidkhan_19
6) @anilkumble1074
Who got all 6 right? https://t.co/lv20G0MTEq
With Lasith Malinga out of IPL 2020 due to personal reasons, Bumrah will have to share the bulk of the bowling responsibilities.
IPL 2020 will be held from September 19 to November 10 across 3 cities in the UAE. Mumbai Indians, who are the defending champions, will be hoping to start the tournament well and go on to pick their fifth IPL title here in the UAE.