Watch: Boult removes Rohit, Dhir for golden ducks in fiery first over during MI-RR clash

Trent Boult struck twice in as many deliveries as Rajasthan Royals were off to a blazing start after opting to field against Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2024 meeting at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Monday.

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Both former skipper Rohit Sharma as well as one-down Naman Dhir departed for golden ducks thanks to a couple of sensational deliveries from the New Zealand left-arm pacer to close out the first over of the Mumbai innings.

After starting the innings with three dots, wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan collected a single to get off the mark in the fourth delivery. Boult would then surprise Rohit with a scrambled seam length delivery next up that the ex-MI skipper could only get an outside edge to, with Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson completing a fine catch behind the stumps.

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Dhir was then trapped leg-before the very next delivery after getting hit on the pad right in front of middle and leg the very next delivery, leaving Boult on a hat-trick at the end of the first over. The Punjab batter tried reviewing it, but got the marching orders after ball-tracking showed the ball to be clipping the top of the stumps.

Watch the dismissals here:

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After 7 overs, it is 58/4

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Boult, who has been consistently getting the early breakthroughs for the Rajasthan Royals in the powerplay, wasn’t done though as he would remove Dewald Brevis — also for a golden duck — in his next over. Brevis, who came in as an Impact Sub in place of Dhir, got a thick outside edge that resulted in the ball flying to short third man, where fellow South African Nandre Burger held on to the catch.

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Burger would then join the wicket-fest the following over by having wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan caught-behind with a snorter of a delivery — a short ball that rose higher than expected. Kishan departed for 16 off 14 deliveries as the five-time champions, who have lost both of their matches so far in the ongoing season, were reduced to 20/4 inside four overs.

Skipper Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma, however, decided to take the attack back to the red-hot RR pacers, helping MI reach 46/4 at the end of the powerplay with a flurry of boundaries.