Captain Rohit Sharma and star all-rounder Hardik Pandya weren’t part of Mumbai Indians’ enjoying XI as IPL 2021 resumed in UAE with a blockbuster conflict between MI and Chennai Super Kings on Sunday.
Kieron Pollard tossed with MS Dhoni as a substitute of Rohit. Pollard stated in the course of the toss, “Rohit is fine, he will be fine as soon as possible, I am just the captain for today.” Dhoni gained the toss and determined to bat first.
Recently, in the course of the tour of England, Rohit Sharma suffered a knee harm.
Also lacking from the MI enjoying XI was Hardik Pandya, who has not absolutely returned to health after present process shoulder surgical procedure. Chief selector Chetan Sharma had stated that Hardik can be able to bowl his full over for India within the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Anmolpreet Singh, who was named within the XI, made his debut for MI.
Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Kieron Pollard(c), Saurabh Tiwary, Krunal Pandya, Adam Milne, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
