Will Rohit play next IPL game? Mumbai Indians share injury update

MUMBAI: In a large stroke to the Mumbai Indians, already reeling aft 3 consecutive defeats, their erstwhile skipper and prima opener Rohit Sharma is acceptable to miss the team’s 5th lucifer of IPL 2026 against Punjab Kings astatine the Wankhede Stadium owed to a recurrence of a hamstring injury, TOI has learnt.Rohit sustained the wounded during Mumbai Indians’ erstwhile clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru astatine the aforesaid venue. Providing an update up of the pre-match property conference, addressed by Naman Dhir, an MI spokesperson said, "The aesculapian unit is assessing him. An authoritative update volition beryllium fixed erstwhile available.” During the team’s grooming league aboriginal successful the evening, Rohit was seen jogging astatine the Wankhede Stadium.

The MI spokesperson besides confirmed that England allrounder Will Jacks, who has not featured successful the IPL truthful far, "is connected his mode and volition articulation the squad soon."Rohit picked up the wounded during the 2nd innings against RCB and retired wounded successful the sixth implicit of the chase. MI went connected to suffer the match, their 3rd decision successful 4 games this season. He walked disconnected aft scoring 19 disconnected 13 balls, with 2 fours and a six, pursuing a lengthy on-field attraction by the squad physio earlier a transportation by Rasikh Salam.

Teammate Sherfane Rutherford said aft the game, "I'm not wholly definite yet - possibly it's a spot of a hamstring contented - but I can't accidental for certain. I was successful the dugout, truthful I don't person overmuch accusation connected it."Rohit, who precocious completed 15 years with MI, has scored 137 runs successful 4 matches, including a half-century. However, the 38-year-old has had a past of hamstring issues, having missed games successful IPL 2020 and parts of the 2016-17 play owed to akin injuries.