Mumbai Indians opener Rohit Sharma was seen limping with his pads and bat off a practice session as he went on to miss the match against the Lucknow Super Giants on Friday at the Ekana International Stadium. A video of the same surfaced on April 4 when the match had already started.
At the toss, Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya had announced that the former captain has picked up a knee injury during practice, rendering him unavailable for the game. However, fans speculated whether Rohit had been dropped due to his poor performance in the previous three games. Despite the knee injury, the right-handed batter was involved in the match, passing on advice to the team during the strategic time-out.
Watch the video of Rohit Sharma limping:
Mumbai Indians had earlier won the toss at the Ekana International Stadium:
Earlier, Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya had won a crucial toss at the Ekana Stadium against the Lucknow Super Giants and opted to bowl first. The big news from the Mumbai Indians camp is Rohit Sharma not playing the clash, while Akash Deep comes in for Manimaran Siddharth for the home side.
LSG playing XI: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(wk/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan.
MI playing XI: Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton(wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Vignesh Puthur.
