November 3, 2020 7:55:45 pm
Rohit Sharma, IM captain, and Quinton de Kock open against SRH (Source: Sportzpics)
Hours after BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said India starter Rohit Sharma is ‘injured right now’, the Mumbai Indians captain stepped out at Sharjah Stadium for the team’s final game before the playoffs against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday. (SRH vs MI Live Score, live updates)
Defending the selectors’ decision to leave Rohit out of the India team against Australia this month, Ganguly said in an interview with PTI, “Rohit is injured right now. Otherwise, why leave out a player like him? He is the vice-captain of the national team (limited). We will have to evaluate it. I don’t know (when can he come back). He has not played until now since he was injured. We want him to recover. BCCI’s job is to get its best players into the park. If he recovers, play ”.
Rohit missed the last four Mumbai games after sustaining a left hamstring injury while finishing a race at the end of the first of two Super Overs. He had not been named in any of the three Indian teams that were announced last week for the Australian tour.
On Tuesday, Rohit was back in shape with the toppers, while pacemakers Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult rested before the play-offs.
Rohit Sharma in the draw! Yes, there is a classification at stake, but it is great news. All eyes on him and his physical condition
– Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 3, 2020
National selectors of India after watching #RohitSharma in the field today. # IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/xN4mFgt81I
– Devendra Pandey (@pdevendra) November 3, 2020
One more meme in #RohitSharma playing today, BCCI will feel this. # IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/xiotOLnzqq
– Devendra Pandey (@pdevendra) November 3, 2020
#SRH have won the draw and will shoot first against #Mumbaiindians.# Dream11IPL pic.twitter.com/VfUHg35BVJ
– IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) November 3, 2020
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the draw and opted for the field. David Warner’s side made a change, bringing in Priyam Garg in place of Abhishek Sharma.
Playing XI:
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (week), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Ishan Kishan, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rahul Chahar, James Pattinson, Dhawal Kulkarni.
Hyderabad Sunrises: David Warner (c), Wriddhiman Saha (week), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.
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