Why Is Rohit Sharma Not Playing In LSG Vs MI IPL 2025 Match?

Why no Rohit Sharma today [Source: AP Photo]

Mumbai Indians have suffered a massive setback as their star player and opener, Rohit Sharma is unavailable for the clash against Lucknow Super Giants on Friday. He was hit in the knee in nets and as a result, captain Hardik Pandya and the team management are taking precautionary measures.

What happened to Rohit Sharma?

Rohit, in the last match was a part of the impact substitutes, but did came out to bat. A similar role was expected from him in this game, but he got injured during the nets.

"Ro was not available. He got hit on the knee and he won't be available tonight," Hardik Pandya stated at toss time.

It isn't clear how the MI opener exactly got hurt, but the team management are not taking any chances when it comes to their most important player. In his place, Will Jacks and Ryan Rickelton are likely to open for the team.

Rohit Sharma has been average in IPL 2025

After a stellar performance in the Champions Trophy final, Rohit was expected to perform well for MI in the IPL 2025, however, so far, it has been a disasterclass from the former captain. He started off with a duck against CSK, and scored just 8 runs against GT in the next match.

At MI's first home game against KKR, Rohit once again failed, scoring just 13 runs off 12 balls, but despite his failure, the team won the match comfortably.

MI playing XI Vs LSG

Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Naman Dhir, Hardik Pandya (c), Raj Angad Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Vignesh Puthur, Ashwani Kumar

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