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By: Sports Desk |

November 3, 2020 7:55:45 pm


Rohit Sharma, captain of MI, and Quinton de Kock open in opposition to SRH (Source: Sportzpics)

Hours after BCCI President Sourav Ganguly stated that India opener Rohit Sharma is ‘injured at the moment’, the Mumbai Indians captain walked out in Sharjah Stadium for the aspect’s last match earlier than playoffs in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday. (SRH vs MI Live Score, Live Updates)

Defending the selectors’ determination to depart Rohit out of India squad in opposition to Australia this month, Ganguly stated in an interview to PTI, “Rohit is injured at the moment. Otherwise, why would we leave out a player like him. He is the vice-captain of the national (limited-overs) team. We will have to assess him. I don’t know (when he can come back). He hasn’t played so far since the time he has got injured. We want him to recover. It’s the BCCI’s job to get their best players on the park. If he recovers, he plays.”

Rohit missed Mumbai’s final 4 matches after struggling a left hamstring harm whereas ending a run on the finish of the primary of the 2 Super Overs. He had not been named in any of the three India squads that had been introduced final week for the Australia tour.

On Tuesday, a fit-again Rohit was again with the table-toppers whereas pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult had been rested forward of the play-offs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad received the toss and opted to discipline. David Warner’s aspect made one change, bringing in Priyam Garg instead of Abhishek Sharma.

Playing XI:

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Ishan Kishan, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, James Pattinson, Dhawal Kulkarni.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.

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