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Forgot Title With Deccan Chargers, Will Cherish All Five, Says Record-Setter Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma had won the 2009 IPL title with the now-defunct Deccan Chargers.

Edited by Akash Khanna
Updated: May 13, 2019 02:57 pm IST

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Forgot Title With Deccan Chargers, Will Cherish All Five, Says Record-Setter Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma became the first player to win five IPL titles.© Twitter

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Rohit Sharma won IPL with now-defunct Deccan Chargers in 2009
He led Mumbai Indians to triumph in every alternate year since 2013
Rohit declined to pick the most special one out of all five

Rohit Sharma became the first player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to win five titles, one as a player for the now-defunct Deccan Chargers in 2009 and four while leading Mumbai Indians (MI) to triumph in every alternate year since 2013. On Sunday, MI defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by one run in a last-ball thriller in Hyderabad to win the IPL for a record fourth time. Record-setting skipper Rohit Sharma, however, declines to pick the most special one out of all five. "Oh, I forgot that (title with DC). Yeah it is five. It's so tough to take one out of the five. You see IPL is a very tough tournament to win. So I am not going to pick one. One with DC and four with MI, we've had exceptional seasons," an elated Rohit Sharma said after the match.

"I can't really pick one because every season has its own challenge. For me, all five, I will cherish and remember, and not pick one," he added.

In the final over, Rohit was well aware of Shardul Thakur's range of shots and that's why he wanted Lasith Malinga to bowl a slower delivery, which turned out to be a masterstroke in the thrilling IPL final.

Rohit had kept the on-side open to lure Shardul and then Malinga's slow in-dipper tailed in to catch Shardul plumb in front as MI beat CSK by one run in a pulsating final.

Having played first-class cricket for Mumbai with Shardul, Rohit knew how to bring about the youngster's downfall.

"The idea was to get the batsman out. So I know Shardul really well. I kind of understand where he wants to hit, so we decided together (Malinga and him) that we'll go for that slower option, because knowing Shardul, he would try to play a big shot and there might be a chance that he might just sky it. Again, it could have gone either way," Rohit said.

Rohit was ready to carry the cross had the decision to use Malinga backfired but had a gut feeling that the Sri Lankan will be able to pull it off like Mitchell Johnson did in the 2017 IPL final. Malinga repaid the faith his skipper showed in him defending nine runs off the final over.

"When the decision comes off, it looks all nice. It can backfire also. At that stage, I wanted to go with experience, with somebody who has been in such situation before. And Malinga has been in that situation a million times. So we backed him to do that," the four-time IPL champion skipper said at the post-match media interaction.

The situation was eerily similar to Rohit had faced in the 2017 final when MI beat the now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiants by one run in another thrilling finish.

Then it was former Australian pacer Johnson, who defended 11 runs in the final over to pull-off a one-run victory.

It was that deja vu moment for the MI skipper.

(With PTI inputs)