Injury scare for the Mumbai Indians as their opener Rohit Sharma has decided to walk off from the ground with a struggling leg. It seems like he feels some discomfort in his hamstring. After a while, the batter decided to walk off.
Suryakumar Yadav joins Ryan Rickelton in the middle, Rohit Sharma retired. Will he be able to make a comeback later in the match tonight? As of now, it is difficult to tell. As of now, he will have to take some assistance from the team physio.
Rohit Sharma might have felt strain in his hamstring
This can be a huge blow for the Mumbai Indians as they are chasing a mammoth target of 241 runs in the second innings as Royal Challengers Bengaluru, batting first, registered 240 runs at the Wankhede Stadium. When Sharma walked off from the deck, the Mumbai Indians were on 57, and Sharma was on 19 runs from 13 deliveries.
The injury to Rohit Sharma came at a crucial moment of the run chase. Suryakumar Yadav took the crease to replace the injured batter. However, the intensity RCB batters showed against the MI blowers, Mumbai batters, especially the top order batters so far failed to do so. Yadav started his innings in a promising way, but could not turn it into a long-standing knock.
Hardik Pandya showed some flair against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowling department
After scoring 33 runs in 22 balls, with the help of five 4s, he departed. Ryan Rickelton dismissed for 37 runs from 22 balls. The South African international smashed three 4s and three 6s in his knock.
From the middle order, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya showed some much-needed flair, but that too did not last long as Jacob Duffy clinched his wicket. Pandya is gone after scoring 40 runs from 22 balls.
Josh Hazlewood out, Jacob Duffy in for RCB
Taking lessons from the defeat against the Rajasthan Royals in the previous match, the defending champions included Jacob Duffy again in their bowling pack, replacing Josh Hazlewood who played the last match against the Rajasthan Royals. Spinner Suyash Sharma is also marking his way back into the playing combination for tonight’s match against the Mumbai Indians.
Rohit Sharma did not come to resume his batting in the later part of the run chase. Fans are waiting to hear from the franchise about the injury status of their star batter.
Meanwhile, maintaining the dominance over the home team, Royal Challengers Bengaluru registered a commanding win tonight in Mumbai. Their first innings total of 240 proved sufficient to defeat the 5-time IPL winners.
Because of Sherfane Rutherford’s late assault, MI got a respectable total against the gigantic target. In 20 overs, losing 5 wickets, MI got 222 runs in their innings and allowed RCB to claim the match by 18 runs. The crowd at the Wankhede Stadium witnessed an entertaining clash between the two titans of the league.
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