The 41st league match of the IPL 2026 season is being played between the team of Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In this match, Mumbai Indians team captain Hardik Pandya has decided to bat first after winning the toss. All eyes were on the playing 11 of the Mumbai Indians team, in which it was expected that Rohit Sharma would return, who was not playing in the last few matches due to being unfit. However, Rohit could not be completely fit to play in this match also and Hardik Pandya gave a big update regarding his fitness at the time of toss.
Rohit will remain out for a few more matches
Mumbai Indians team’s star player Rohit Sharma was retired hurt after suffering a hamstring problem while batting in the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 12 in IPL 2026. Since then he has not been completely fit. When Hardik Pandya was asked a question about Rohit Sharma’s fitness and his return in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he told that Rohit will have to wait for a few more matches before returning to the field. He has not yet been able to reach the level that he expected. He is constantly trying to become completely fit.
De Kock is also out due to injury
In the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians have made two major changes in their playing 11, in which Mitchell Santner is out of the entire tournament due to a shoulder injury, while Quinton de Kock is not playing in this match due to wrist problem. Regarding this, Mumbai Indians have decided to include Ryan Rickleton and Robin Minz in their playing 11. The journey of Mumbai Indians has not been good so far in this IPL season, in which they have been able to win only 2 out of 7 matches, hence now all the remaining matches have become very important for them.
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