Rohit Sharma no dey play for Mumbai Indians against Punjab Kings for IPL 2026 match wey hold for Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. The former MI captain don retire hurt with hamstring issue for Mumbai Indians previous match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The same injury don make am miss the PBKS clash.
MI captain Hardik Pandya yarn say Rohit go miss some matches. “Rohit misses out, he’ll take a couple of games to see where he is,” Pandya talk. Mitchell Santner also no dey play because of sickness. Quinton de Kock don return to the side, and Mayank Rawat make im debut for the home team.
Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer win the toss and choose to bowl against Mumbai Indians. “We would have loved to bowl first as well, but yeah, good toss to lose. But time to make a move? Yes, time to play some good cricket, time to get that W win,” Pandya talk for the toss.
Pandya add say: “I think we played decent cricket. It’s just that in a couple of overs, we have not been able to capitalize and we have been, kind of losing those big moments. And we’re just gonna speak about that and just make sure that in this game, we come out there and make sure that those little battles, we keep winning it.”
He talk about last game performance: “Yes, I think last game, we went for four 20+ overs. I think any point of time in T20 cricket, that’s not acceptable. So, as a group, we are aware, as a group, we are aware that what it requires us to kind of contain that, those overs and not let them slide away and have them big overs.”
PBKS don retain the same playing XI like for previous game. Punjab Kings remain unbeaten this season with three wins and one no-result because of rain. Mumbai Indians, after opening victory, don lose their next three matches and dey for deep trouble.
MI enter the clash under pressure and dey eager for victory after losing three games straight. Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer win the toss and opt to field first for the encounter. They go ahead with the same combination, backing the players wey don do well for them.
On the other hand, MI captain Hardik Pandya reveal say they don make some changes. Overseas members Mitchell Santner and Trent Boult no dey picked for the clash. Rohit Sharma miss the game because of hamstring injury and Quinton de Kock add as replacement.
Pandya inform say Santner no well and no fit play for the clash. Boult sit out because of team combination and Deepak Chahar replace am. Since MI add overseas player Quinton de Kock as Rohit replacement, them bench Boult. Santner miss the match as he no well. Trent Boult drop for the match and Deepak Chahar replace am.
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