Watch: Rohit Sharma fell for a golden duck on his return to the Wankhede Stadium during the MI vs RR clash today (April 1).

Mumbai Indians’ first home game of IPL 2024 got off to the worst possible start as they suffered a collapse of epic proportions.

Rohit Sharma came on strike to face his first ball after Ishan Kishan took a single off the fourth. Trent Boult, against whom Rohit has a poor record, was too hot to handle for the former MI captain once again.

Playing for the one that straightens, Rohit didn’t cover the line of a length ball angling away from him from over the wicket and ended up nicking off to Sanju Samson behind the stumps, who took a good diving catch low to his right. It was the fifth time that Rohit was dismissed by Boult in T20s.

It was Rohit’s 17th duck in his IPL career, the joint most by any batter in the history of the tournament along with Dinesh Karthik. As far as golden ducks go, it was Rohit’s fifth.

Following Rohit’s wicket, Boult trapped No.3 batter Naman Dhir plumb in front in a typical left-arm seamer’s dismissal against the right-hander. Dhir was impact subbed off immediately as Dewald Brevis replaced him, who, in a weird sequence of events, suffered the same fate as the player he replaced, falling for a golden duck himself.

It was the first time ever that three of the top four batters registered golden ducks in an IPL innings as MI slipped to 20-4 by the end of the fourth over.

Watch Rohit Sharma fall for his 17th duck in IPL history:

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