Published: Apr 06, 2025, 05:57 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 07, 2025, 07:58 AM (IST)
Mumbai Indians (MI) coach Mahela Jayawardene providede fitness update on Rohit Sharma, who missed the game against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) due to knee injury. Rohit sustained a blow to his knee ahead of the game at Ekhana Cricket Stadium.
“Rohit was hit on the knee. He is missing out,” skipper Hardik Pandya mentioned this during the toss. However, following the match, Jayawardene addressed Rohit’s injury and said that he had difficulty batting after undergoing a fitness test before the game.
“Rohit got a hit on his knee just in the IT band and he tried to bat yesterday, couldn’t put any weight on it so again he came and did a fitness test early today to try and it was discomfort for him to bat, put weight on that so he felt that it wasn’t 100% for him to play this game so that’s why we precautioned,” Jayawardene said during the post-match press conference.
As Mumbai Indians is set to face Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their upcoming match on Monday. Rohit’s recovery will be closely tracked, hoping for a positive update
“We thought give him a few more days to try and get through that unfortunate what happened in the nets,” he added. When asked whether Rohit could feature as an impact substitute, Jayawardene gave a straightforward response.
“I mean this is, the impact and regular there’s not much of a change, it’s a regular, it’s just we’re taking a guy out and bringing a guy in so we’re technically playing it 12 so you shouldn’t read too much into it, it’s just who we impact, who we out is entirely up to us on a tactical basis,” Jayawardene said
Rohit’s form has been a concern in the ongoing IPL, as he has managed to score just 21 runs in three matches so far.
