Sixth week of IPL: Rohit's flop show continues; Gill, Jaiswal, Buttler miss tons

Rohits flop show continuesMumbai Indians MI are sweating over captain Rohit Sharmas poor form The opener who has scored just 191 runs in 11 matches at an average of 1736 this season has failed to cross the singledigit mark for the fifth time in a rowmdashhis worstever performance in IPLmdashafter being dismissed for just seven against Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB at Wankhede on Tuesday His form is also a concern for Team India going into the World Test Championship final against Australia next month The India skippers last five IPL matches have seen him return with scores of 2 3 0 0 and 7Two records in one gameRajasthan Royalsrsquos RR opener Yashasvi Jaiswal created history by scoring the fastest halfcentury in IPL The Mumbaibased southpaw reached his 50 off just 13 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders KKR thus breaking the previous record set by KL Rahul and Pat Cummins 14 balls Jaiswalrsquos innings witnessed 12 fours and five sixes as RR chased a 150run target with nine wickets in hand and 41 balls to spare The match also witnessed RR leggie Yuzvendra Chahal becoming the leading wickettaker in IPL Chahal achieved the milestone in his 143rd IPL match when he dismissed KKR skipper Nitish Rana for his 184th scalp thus surpassing Dwayne Bravo 183 wickets in 161 matches Chahal claimed four wickets in the game which took his tally to 187 wicketsAlso Read Fifth week of IPL GambhirKohli show and other eyecatching actionOpeners Gill Jaiswal and Buttler miss tonsGujarat Titanss GT opener Shubman Gill stayed unbeaten on 94 against Lucknow Super Giants while RRs opening batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler missed centuries by just two and five runs against KKR and Sunrisers Hyderabad SRH respectively The defending champions inform batter Gill continued his fine form to help his team post a mammoth 2272 His innings was laced with two fours and seven sixes while Jaiswalrsquos 47ball 98 not out witnessed 12 fours and five sixes as RR chased 150run target with 41 balls to spare Buttlers 95run knock saw 10 fours and four hits over the park as RR scored 2142 Gills quickfire knock saw GT register a 56run win while Buttlers effort went in vain as SRH emerged victorious in a lastball thriller200run target no worry for MIMI recorded their third successive win chasing 200 or more this season when they chased RCBs 200run target at Wankhede In this process the Rohit Sharmaled team chased the target with 21 balls to spare thus recording the fastest victory in IPL chasing 200 or more Delhi Daredevils in 2017 chased a 208run target against Gujarat Lions with 15 balls to spare Batting first RCB scored 1996 In reply despite skipper Rohits early dismissal inform Suryakumar Yadav 83 and Nehal Wadhera 52 not out put on a 140run stand off just 66 balls as the hosts won with six wickets in handNoball drama off the last ballWith five required off the last delivery RR pacer Sandeep Sharma and his teammates celebrated after Sunrisers Hyderabads Abdul Samad holed out to Jos Buttler at longoff The giant scoreboard too displayed RR winning the match by four runs However their celebration was cut short after the umpire signalled a noball after the rightarm pacer had overstepped thus ensuring a free hit to Samad with four required off the final ball The righthanded batsman was in no mood to spare Sandeep this time around as he smashed the attempted yorker over the bowlers head for a six as SRH chased 215run target with four wickets in hand for their highestever chase in IPL