Rohit Sharma gestures for DRS. | (Image Credits: X)
Mumbai Indians’ star opener Rohit Sharma’s DRS sparked a bit of controversy as he seemingly signalled for it after the clock had ran out during the IPL 2025 game against the Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on Thursday. In a video surfaced on social media, the former Mumbai Indians skipper had taken the review after the DRS timer hit 0.
The incident occurred in the second over of the innings and the first sent down by left-arm seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi. Although the right-handed batter played a pull shot to get a boundary in the previous delivery, Farooqi trapped him lbw and the umpire hardly took any time to raise the dreaded finger. However, ball-tracking indicated that the ball had pitched outside leg, meaning the on-field umpire had to reverse his decision.
Watch the video here:
Rajasthan Royals win toss and opt to bowl first in Jaipur
Earlier, the toss at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium went in favour of Rajasthan Royals as Riyan Parag opted to bowl first in the IPL 2025 game against the Mumbai Indians. The Royals confirmed two changes, bringing in Kumar Kartikeya and Akash Madhwal for Wanindu Hasaranga and Sandeep Sharma. Mumbai Indians, meanwhile, are going unchanged.
RR playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
MI playing XI: Ryan Rickelton(w), Rohit Sharma, Will Jacks, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.
