Marcus Stoinis, Sunday, June 1, proved its value again by giving the Kings of Punjab a huge breakthrough in the qualifier 2 of the IPL 2025 against the Indians of Mumbai at the Narendra Moda stadium in Ahmedabad.
The start of the match was delayed by two hours due to the rain and a wet field. Before that, the skipper of the Kings of Punjab, Shreyas Iyer, had won the draw and had chosen to play the first in the virtual semi-finals.
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After the start of the match, Iyer decided to present Marcus Stoinis in the attack in the third match during the match, and Move was paid immediately. The Australia Allrouner gave the Kings of Punjab a huge breakthrough by rejecting Rohit Sharma in shape on the second ball.
Rohit had managed to score only 4 points of 5 balls at the end of the second and decided to go after Marcus Stoinis in the third. He welcomed the Punjab Kings Allrouner in the attack by hitting his first ball for a four.
Stoinis breaks the opening partnership
However, Marcus Stoinis had the last laugh when he rejected Rohit during the next delivery. It was a length ball of Stoinis and Rohit decided to do everything against. However, the former Mumbai Indian captain ended up hitting the ball directly to Vijaykumar Vyshak to the Deep Backward Square leg.
And while Vyshak finished the catch, Stoinis decided to celebrate the counter by giving Rohit an aggressive shipment. He looked swollen as he hit his chest and let out a roar.
Look at the celebration of Marcus Stoinis after having rejected Rohit Sharma
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Losing Rohit early would be a blow for Mumbai. The veteran Allrounder had delivered a winning performance in the last match against Gujarat Titans. He had scored 81 points and was also tried the game player.
Coming to the game, the Mumbai Indians were on 43/1 after 4 letters when writing this report. Jonny Bairstow and Tilak Varma struck in the middle for the five -time champions.