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The Mumbai Indians secured their fifth IPL title by defeating Delhi Capitals on Tuesday.
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The League took to Twitter to congratulate IM captain Rohit Sharma.
Spanish soccer league the league congratulated its brand ambassador Rohit sharma on Twitter after bringing Mumbai (MI) Indians to the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 title win.
MI defeated Capitals of Delhi (DC) across five wickets on Tuesday to claim his fifth IPL trophy. Rohit is not only the most successful captain in tournament history, but also the player with the most IPL trophies. He won his first IPL title under the captaincy of Adam Gilchrist with Deccan chargers in 2009 and then went on to seal the title as MI skipper in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020.
“#LaLiga congratulates Brand Ambassador @ ImRo45 on winning his sixth Indian Premier League title as captain. Congratulations to all @IPL fans! “ LaLiga tweeted.
#The league congratulate Brand Ambassador @ ImRo45 by winning his sixth Indian Premier League title as captain. 🏆🇮🇳
A big congratulations to all @IPL fans out there! 🏏 pic.twitter.com/NdqRCC2YK6
– LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) November 11, 2020
In the 2020 IPL final, after the DC patron asked him to play first Shreyas Iyer, MI restricted their opponents to 156/7 on Dubai’s batting-friendly surface.
Captain Rohit then anchored the chase with a 68 of 51 balls as the Mumbai-based franchise defended its title with eight balls to spare.
“I am quite happy with the way things have been throughout the season. We said at the beginning that we need the habit of winning. We couldn’t have asked for anything more, with the money from the 1 ball and we never looked back. “ Rohit said in the post-match presentation.
“I think a lot of the credit goes to the people who worked behind the scenes; they often go unnoticed. Our work started long before the IPL started, and we wanted to make sure we filled in the gaps in previous seasons. “ Rohit added as he praised the efforts of his team’s support staff.
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