{"id":11308,"date":"2026-04-12T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11308"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:50:08","slug":"130213240-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11308","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Rohit Sharma retires hurt; Ritika Sajdeh&#8217;s reaction breaks the internet | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130213392,imgsize-71526,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/rohit-1204-ipl.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Rohit Sharma retires hurt; Ritika Sajdeh's reaction breaks the internet\" title=\"Rohit Sharma (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Rohit Sharma (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL) \">Rohit Sharma (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL) <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: After a batting onslaught led by Phil Salt, Virat Kohli and skipper Rajat Patidar lit up the Wankhede Stadium, defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru piled up a daunting 240\/4 against Mumbai Indians.<!-- --> With the target set, all eyes turned to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rohit Sharma<\/a>, known for his ability to dismantle any bowling attack.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Rohit began cautiously in the steep chase before shifting gears, but his innings was cut short by injury. At the end of the fifth over, bowled by Krunal Pandya, Rohit appeared to be struggling with his hamstring. He signalled for the physio and received treatment on the field, but with the discomfort worsening, he eventually walked off retired hurt after scoring 19 off 13 balls. <!-- -->Cameras soon captured a dejected reaction from his wife Ritika Sajdeh in the stands.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Earlier, RCB\u2019s top order had delivered a batting masterclass. Salt smashed 78 off 36 balls, stitching a 120-run opening stand with Kohli, who made 50 off 38 balls. Patidar then continued the carnage with a blistering 53 off just 20 deliveries, adding 65 runs with Kohli. A late cameo from Tim David (34* off 16) ensured RCB finished with a massive total.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>After being put in to bat, Kohli set the tone early by taking down Trent Boult, while Salt soon joined the assault. The duo dominated both Boult and Jasprit Bumrah, racing to 71\/0 in the powerplay.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Salt was particularly severe on Mitchell Santner and Mayank Markande, reaching his fifty in just 25 balls. Kohli soon followed suit, bringing up RCB\u2019s 100 in 8.4 overs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/> <\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\".\" msid=\"130213184\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-130213184\/.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>The breakthrough came via Shardul Thakur, who ended the opening stand at 120. <!-- -->Patidar then took charge, launching a brutal counterattack, including three successive sixes off Markande. He raced to a 17-ball fifty before falling to Santner.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Despite wickets at intervals, RCB\u2019s momentum never dipped. Contributions from Jitesh Sharma and the finishing flourish from Tim David pushed the total to 240\/4.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>For Mumbai Indians, Shardul, Hardik Pandya, Santner and Boult picked up a wicket each, but the bowlers were largely at the receiving end of a relentless RCB batting display.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/rohit-sharma-retires-hurt-ritika-sajdehs-reaction-breaks-the-internet\/articleshow\/130213240.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rohit Sharma (Image credit: BCCI\/IPL) NEW DELHI: After a batting onslaught led by Phil Salt,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27571,27624,1717,27622,27623],"class_list":["post-11308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-mi-vs-rcb","tag-ritika-sajdeh","tag-rohit-sharma","tag-rohit-sharma-injury","tag-rohit-sharma-retires-hurt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}