5 top performances of Rohit Sharma in the IPL

5. 82* off 54-balls vs Kolkata in Kolkata, 2016

It’s in Kolkata, against Kolkata and at Rohit’s playground that the latest of his gems gets underway, bringing back sanity to the Mumbai Indians camp after a rocky start to the season.

Batting first, Kolkata put 187 runs on the board, an imposing target set thanks to meaningful performances by Gautam Gambhir and Manish Pandey.

Third ball into the chase, Rohit plays his trademark flick shot over square leg and later dispatches a John Hastings’ delivery to the cover boundary for a glorious four in the second over.

The Rohit train chugs along effortlessly accumulating runs till Andre Russell comes back to bowl his second spell. Three boundaries later – one of which is an extraordinary mid-wicket four swept from outside off – Mumbai are at the cusp of a famous win. And the architect of it is Rohit Sharma, once again.