Dinesh Karthik, Mohammed Siraj Collide As RCB Drop Rohit Sharma Sitter In IPL Clash. Watch | Cricket News

Dinesh Karthik and Mohammed Siraj have been fortunate to finish up with none severe damage after the duo collided whereas going for a catch throughout Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2023 marketing campaign opener in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday. On the fifth ball of the fifth over of MI innings, Rohit Sharma mishit a brief ball from Siraj excessive within the air. The ball was falling close to the brief leg area. Wicketkeeper Karthik obtained beneath the ball and Siraj additionally ran to take the catch. Lack of communication noticed the duo collide with one another and drop the catch.

Watch it right here:

A collision between #Siraj and #DineshKarthik for taking #RohitSharma ‘s catch #RCBvMI #MIvsRCB #IPL23 pic.twitter.com/rmcnvary4G

— BG Bose (@Balaji4JSP) April 2, 2023

Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis received the toss and opted to bowl in opposition to Mumbai Indians at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Apart from skipper du Plessis, Michael Bracewell, Glenn Maxwell and Reece Topley are the opposite international gamers in RCB’s enjoying XI. For MI, Tim David, Cameron Green, Jofra Archer and Jason Behrendorff are the abroad gamers within the enjoying XI.

“There’s a bit of weather around. There has been a bit of dew in the practice games too,” mentioned du Plessis after the toss.

Meanwhile, Rohit mentioned: “With this new rule teams are backing themselves to chase. At the end of the day you have to play good cricket to win. We know we have to bat first here. The pitch looks good, we just have to come out with positive intent.

“Last season was a disappointment for us however once more, we all know precisely the place we went unsuitable so we are going to attempt to right these errors. We have gotten some new faces as nicely so hopefully these guys play freely and specific themselves.”