Rohit Sharma in The Hundred, Nicholas Pooran and Sam Curran made MI London win by making a record in 40 balls.

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The start of The Hundred (Photo: Getty Images/ Videograb)

Men’s Hundred: Even after the end of the ODI series, Rohit Sharma is still in England. He was seen there in the Cricket League The Hundred which started from 21st July. Rohit Sharma had reached the stadium to support MI London in the opening match of Men’s Hundred. In the opening match, MI London faced Sunrisers Leeds, which it won in a resounding fashion. Rohit Sharma witnessed the stormy victory of MI London, in which its captain Sam Curran and batsman Nicholas Pooran together made a record in just 40 balls.

Rohit Sharma watched The Hundred match

Rohit Sharma watched the entire match sitting with MI London’s Honorary Neeta Ambani, videos of which have also surfaced.

The match between MI London and Sunrisers Leeds was played at the Oval ground. MI London has also shared the video of Rohit Sharma arriving to watch the match at the Oval. The craze of Rohit Sharma’s fans was also visible outside the Oval Stadium. He looked desperate to take photos and selfies with them.

MI London beats Sunrisers Leeds by 7 wickets

Talking about the match, MI London defeated Sunrisers Leeds by 7 wickets in the first match of Men’s Hundred 2026. The match was of 100-100 balls. But, when Sunrisers Leads came out to bat first, it could not even play the full 100 balls. Kavya Maran’s team was all out after scoring 143 runs in 99 balls. MI London bowler Richard Gleeson played a big role in all out Sunrisers Leads, who took 4 wickets for 25 runs in 19 balls. Apart from this, its captain Sam Curran took 2 wickets.

Puran and Karan made record in 40 balls

MI London now had the challenge of scoring 144 runs in 100 balls, which they got rid of 16 balls early. However, MI London also had a bad start as when 51 runs were scored in 44 balls, its top 3 batsmen – Will Jacques, James Vince and Jason Roy – were out. But after that, what Nicholas Pooran and Sam Curran did together was an amazing performance.

Nicholas Pooran and Sam Curran together made a record by making an unbeaten partnership of 93 runs in the next 40 balls. This is the biggest partnership taken by MI London for the fourth wicket. Nicholas Pooran scored unbeaten 58 runs in 22 balls at a strike rate of 263.63, which included 5 sixes and 5 fours. Whereas Sam Curran scored unbeaten 60 runs in 39 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 5 fours.

Nicholas Pooran became POTM in MI London’s victory

Thanks to the explosive partnership of Puran and Curan, Mumbai Indians London won the match in just 84 balls. He achieved the target of 144 runs by losing 3 wickets. Nicholas Pooran became the hero of this stormy victory of MI London, who not only batted explosively but also took 2 tremendous catches.

Saket Sharma

Saket Sharma

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