New Delhi: In a tragic incident, a 63-year-old man, named Bandopant Bapuso Tibile was allegedly killed by two Mumbai Indians supporters after he celebrated the fall of Rohit Sharma’s wicket against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2024. The incident took place in Maharashtra’s Kohlapur on last Wednesday.
The deceased has been identified as a Chennai Super Kings supporter. For the unknown, Mumbai Indians lost that game by 31 runs.
According to media reports, Tibile was watching the match in his village along with others. The moment Rohit got dismissed during Mumbai Indians’ chase as Tibile celebrated. His jubilation angered Sagar Sadashiv Jhanjage (35) and Balwant Mahadev Jhanjage (50), who were the residents of Hanmantwadi.
Sadashiv and Balwant Mahadev hit Tibile with sticks on his head. Tibile was immediately rushed to the hospital but despite receiving medical treatment, he succumbed to his injuries on March 31. Meanwhile, the police was swift in action.
Both Sagar and Balwant Jhanjage were arrested soon and a case has been registered against the accused. As far as the match was concerned, Mumbai Indians showed great approach but couldn’t win the game. For the fact, SRH posted 277/3, the highest team score ever in the history of the league. It was also Mumbai Indians’ second loss of the tournament.
Despite the change at the Mumbai Indians helm with Hardik Pandya replacing five-time title-winning skipper Rohit a move that has sparked brutal attack on the former Mumbai Indians have once again made a familiar disappointing start to their IPL campaign.
These are still early days in the 17th edition of the T20 league but Pandya’s Mumbai Indians will need to end their losing streak and improve their Net Run Rate which is the worst among all teams at -0.925. Among the odds stacked up against them is the absence of Suryakumar Yadav, who remains on the sidelines as he is recovering from two separate injuries which have kept him away.
Mumbai Indians will play their third match against Rajasthan Royals on Monday. Even though Mumbai Indians enjoy a 4-1 head-to-head record in their last five meetings with Rajasthan Royals, the home side will have a tough task at hand given Sanju Samson’s team has turned up all guns blazing to begin their IPL season with two wins.
