Mumbai Indians’ journey so far in IPL 2026 has not been good, now the team has reached ninth place in the points table. The MI team, which has lost 3 out of 4 matches, has suffered another big blow. Opener batsman Rohit Sharma may be out of Mumbai’s next match. Hardik and team will face Punjab Kings in the next match, who is the only team in the ongoing edition which has not lost even a match so far.
Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings match will be played on Thursday, April 16 at Wankhede Stadium. According to reports, Rohit may sit out in the next match, who had retired hurt in the last match and returned to the pavilion. When Rohit was on 19 runs, his hamstring muscle got strained. Although there has been no official update on the severity of his injury, reports are saying that he may be rested in the next match.
Rohit Sharma has been seen struggling with hamstring problem in his career, earlier when his hamstring muscle got strained, it took time for him to recover. According to the news, Rohit did not even come to practice at Wankhede, it is even more worrying that his problem might be more serious. If this happens, he may have to sit out more than one match.
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Who will replace Rohit Sharma?
38-year-old Rohit Sharma played a brilliant inning of 78 runs against KKR in the first match of IPL 2026. After that he scored 4 runs against Delhi. In the third match, he was out after scoring only 5 runs and in the fourth match, he was retired hurt on 19 runs. Now the question is that if Rohit does not play in the match against Punjab Kings, then who will open in his place? Danish Malwar is also in the squad, but it remains to be seen whether the captain and coach will show confidence in him or send a senior player to open.