Rohit Sharma vs Axar Patel: In the 8th match of IPL 2026, Mumbai Indians had a very bad start at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The team had lost the first two wickets for just 18 runs, when Ryan Rickleton and Tilak Verma returned to the pavilion. In such a difficult situation, Rohit Sharma took charge and tried to rescue the team from the crisis with his experienced batting.

Rohit played a short but important innings of 35 runs in 26 balls. His innings included 5 fours and 1 six, which gave some momentum to Mumbai's innings. But Akshar Patel once again managed to get him out.

Akshar got Rohit out again

Rohit Sharma's record against Akshar Patel has been very difficult. The two players have faced each other 11 times in the IPL. During this period, Rohit has scored only 67 runs, in which he has become the victim of Akshar 4 times. His average is only 16.75, strike rate is 87.01 and dot ball percentage is 39.7%.

In this match too, Akshar troubled Rohit with his spin and finally got him caught out.

Big miracle of Rohit Sharma

During this innings, Rohit Sharma also achieved a special achievement. Reached third place in the list of batsmen who hit most sixes against a team in IPL. So far he has hit 51 sixes against Delhi Capitals.

Most sixes against one team in IPL

• 61 sixes Chris Gayle vs Punjab Kings
• 54 sixes Chris Gayle vs Kolkata Knight Riders
• 51 sixes Rohit Sharma vs Delhi Capitals
• 50 sixes MS Dhoni vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Apart from this, Rohit Sharma's name is also high in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs against Delhi.

So far he has scored 1092 runs against Delhi.

Most runs against one team in IPL

• 1161 runs Rohit Sharma vs Kolkata Knight Riders
• 1159 runs Virat Kohli vs Punjab Kings
• 1146 runs Virat Kohli vs Chennai Super Kings
• 1134 runs David Warner vs Punjab Kings
• 1130 runs Virat Kohli vs Delhi Capitals
• 1093 runs David Warner vs Kolkata Knight Riders
• 1092 runs Rohit Sharma vs Delhi Capitals