Senior batter Rohit Sharma is yet to get back to full fitness, which ruled him out of the marquee clash against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2026. He has played the first four games of the season, but during the game against RCB, the veteran picked up a hamstring injury, which has kept him out of action since.
His injury has also bothered the Mumbai team severely as they struggled at the top of the order. Finally, in their last game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ryan Rickelton and Will Jacks proved their mettle, which should give the team management some confidence. Otherwise, they have chopped and changed multiple times already, with nothing working for them in the middle.
In the meantime, thereโs no update on Rohit’s fitness. After the toss against SRH, captain Hardik Pandya shared that the star batter might miss a couple of more games before returning to action. Thus, he could return to action against RCB on May 10 in Raipur. However, he is currently under close observation as the cricketer has returned to training, but is not fit enough. He was interestingly spotted bowling in the nets before the game against CSK.
Mumbai opt to bat first
Mumbai have won the toss and elected to bat first at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Explaining the reason behind the move, Hardik mentioned their goal of allowing the batters to set the tone before the bowlers try to restitct the opponent.ย
โWe are gonna bat first. Looks like a good track. During the World Cup, we played against Zimbabwe, where it played really well. Just the way we batted last game, thought we should give one more opportunity to the batters to kind of score runs as much as possible,โ Hardik said.ย
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Urvil Patel, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Prashant Veer, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Naman Dhir, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Robin Minz, Trent Boult, Krish Bhagat, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar
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