Is Rohit Sharma playing today’s IPL 2020 match vs Rajasthan Royals?

Dixit Bhargav | 25/10/2020
Is Rohit Sharma playing today's IPL 2020 match vs Rajasthan Royals?

Is Rohit Sharma playing: The regular captain of the defending champions had missed the last match due to a left hamstring injury.

During the 45th match of the ongoing 13th season of the Indian Premier League between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in Abu Dhabi, Mumbai Indians stand-in captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and chose to bat.

The development means that their regular captain Rohit Sharma will miss his second match in a row due to a left hamstring injury. Talking about the solitary change made by them, Pollard confirmed that James Pattinson has returned in place of Nathan Coulter-Nile.

“We’re going to bat. Pitch is fairly good. Done pretty well batting first. Couple of venues dew has played a major factor. Here, not so much. Whatever you do you have to do it properly,” Pollard told Star Sports during the toss.

Rohit Sharma to miss IPL 2020 match against Rajasthan Royals

Unlike Indians, Rajasthan Royals captain Steven Smith made public that they haven’t made any change to their Playing XI. Having lost seven out of their 11 matches so far, Royals are all but out of contention to qualify for the playoffs from their current No. 8 position on the points table.

“Same team. We’ve played some reasonable cricket without getting over the line. Last one was a bit disappointing. Hopefully we can get over the line. We’ve got three games, for us it’s about winning them all. See how we go,” Smith told Star Sports during the toss.

Mumbai Indians Playing XI – 1) Quinton de Kock (wk) 2) Ishan Kishan 3) Suryakumar Yadav 4) Saurabh Tiwary 5) Hardik Pandya 6) Kieron Pollard (c) 7) Krunal Pandya 8) James Pattinson 9) Rahul Chahar 10) Trent Boult 11) Jasprit Bumrah

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI – 1) Robin Uthappa 2) Ben Stokes 3) Sanju Samson (wk) 4) Steven Smith (c) 5) Jos Buttler 6) Riyan Parag 7) Rahul Tewatia 8) Jofra Archer 9) Shreyas Gopal 10) Ankit Rajpoot 11) Kartik Tyagi

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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