Dinesh Karthik and Mohammed Siraj have been fortunate to finish up with none critical damage after the duo collided whereas going for a catch throughout Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2023 marketing campaign opener towards Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday. On the fifth ball of the fifth over of MI innings, Rohit Sharma mishit a brief ball from Siraj excessive within the air. The ball was falling close to the quick leg area. Wicketkeeper Karthik acquired beneath the ball and Siraj additionally ran to take the catch. Lack of communication noticed the duo collide with one another and drop the catch.

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A collision between #Siraj and #DineshKarthik for taking #RohitSharma ‘s catch #RCBvMI #MIvsRCB #IPL23 pic.twitter.com/rmcnvary4G

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Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis gained the toss and opted to bowl towards Mumbai Indians at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Aside from skipper du Plessis, Michael Bracewell, Glenn Maxwell and Reece Topley are the opposite international gamers in RCB’s taking part in XI. For MI, Tim David, Cameron Inexperienced, Jofra Archer and Jason Behrendorff are the abroad gamers within the taking part in XI.

“There is a little bit of climate round. There was a little bit of dew within the apply video games too,” mentioned du Plessis after the toss.

In the meantime, Rohit mentioned: “With this new rule groups are backing themselves to chase. On the finish of the day it’s a must to play good cricket to win. We all know now we have to bat first right here. The pitch appears to be like good, we simply have to come back out with constructive intent.

“Final season was a disappointment for us however once more, we all know precisely the place we went flawed so we’ll try to appropriate these errors. We have now acquired some new faces as nicely so hopefully these guys play freely and specific themselves.”