Mumbai: There was doubt, that fear came true. He missed the field for Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings in the 24th match of IPL 2026 on Thursday, April 16. Rohit Sharma (Rohit Sharma). Rohit is injured. How long will he be out of the field? Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya gave an update on Rohit’s fitness.

In the last match against RCB, Rohit returned to Sajghar as a retired heart. Although the team was under pressure, he was not seen on the field. The ‘Hitman’ suffered a hamstring injury. That is, his injury is quite serious. Rohit attended Paltans practice before the match against Punjab Kings. He had a thick bandage on his leg. Seeing that, many hoped that Rohit might come down to play today’s match. But that didn’t happen.

How serious is Rohit’s injury? Speaking of which, it’s time to toss the match against Punjab Hardik Pandya He said that Rohit’s injury will take some time to recover. The Paltan captain also predicted that he might not play in the next two matches. He said, ‘Rohit has been out of the team since the last match. It will take two matches to understand exactly where he is in terms of fitness. Mitchell (Santner) is also unwell. So Mitchell Santner is not able to play. That is why we have made two changes in the team. Queenie (Quinton de Kock) returns and Mayank Yadav makes his debut for us.‘

Talking about the match, Quinton de Kock got the chance to play the first match of Mumbai Indians season. The innings of the Paltans was sloppy. He scored a stunning century for the team. Mumbai Indians scored 195 runs for six wickets in 20 overs against Punjab, in which De Kock scored an unbeaten 112 off 60 balls alone.

De Kock had earlier scored a century for Delhi Capitals and a century for Lucknow Super Giants. This is de Kock’s first century for the Paltans, though he played earlier for Mumbai Indians. He became the first foreign keeper-batter to score 3000 runs in IPL due to this innings. Also only the second cricketer after Sanju Samson to get three different ones IPL This Protea keeper-batter also made history by scoring a century for the franchise. Now let’s see whether Mumbai Indians can win the match even in the absence of Rohit, relying on this innings of De Kock.