Knews Desk– being played in England The Hundred 2026 It started with an exciting contest. In the first match played at Oval Cricket Ground MI London by Sunrisers Leeds Made a winning start by defeating India by 7 wickets. The special thing about this match was not only the victory of Mumbai Indians, but the Indian captain Rohit Sharma The presence of also became a topic of discussion. Rohit Sharma, who stayed in England even after the end of the ODI series, was seen reaching the stadium and cheering for MI London. Mumbai Indians owner Nita Ambani was also watching the match with him.
Rohit Sharma’s pictures and videos before and during the match went viral on social media. A large number of Indian fans present outside the Oval Stadium tried to take photos and selfies with him. MI London also shared the video of Rohit reaching the stadium on its official social media account, which was liked very much by the fans. Talking about the match, Sunrisers Leeds, batting first, scored 143 runs in 99 balls. The team could not even play the full 100 balls and one ball was already all out. Fast bowler from MI London Richard Gleason Bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets for 25 runs in 19 balls. captain Sam Curran He also stopped the opposition batting from scoring big by taking two wickets.
MI London, which set out to chase the target of 144 runs, did not have a good start. The team reached 51 runs on 44 balls with its three main batsmen. will jacks, james vince And jason roy Lost wickets. It seemed that the match might tilt towards Sunrisers Leeds, but after this Nicholas Pooran and captain Sam Curran completely changed the course of the match. Both the batsmen scored only one wicket for the fourth wicket. 93 runs unbeaten in 40 balls By adding this, the team got a great victory. This became a new record for the highest partnership for the fourth wicket in the history of MI London. Nicholas Puran merely 58 runs unbeaten in 22 balls Make. His innings included 5 fours and 5 sixes and his strike rate was 263.63. On the other hand, captain Sam Curran scored unbeaten 60 runs on 39 balls, which included 5 fours and 3 sixes. Thanks to this explosive partnership of Puran and Curran, MI London achieved the target. achieved in just 84 balls Did it and won the match with 16 balls remaining. The team scored 144 runs losing three wickets and made a winning start in the tournament.
Nicholas Pooran for his all-round performance ‘Player of the Match’ Chosen. He not only played a stormy innings with the bat, but also made an important contribution to the team’s victory by taking two brilliant catches in the field. The very first match of The Hundred 2026 has increased the excitement of the tournament. MI London made it clear that they have many players who can change matches. Rohit Sharma’s presence in the stadium also doubled the enthusiasm of Indian cricket fans. Now fans will hope that MI London will continue its similar strong performance in the future matches also.