Raipur: After losing three matches, Mumbai Indians returned to the winning streak against Lucknow Super Giants. Mumbai Indians will need to win all their remaining matches to maintain any remaining hope of reaching the playoffs. In such a situation, they are going to take the field against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB vs MI) on Thursday. However, there is doubt about who will lead the Paltans in this match.
Hardik Pandya (Hardik Pandya) is injured. He did not enter the field for Mumbai Indians in the last match either. In Hardik’s absence, Suryakumar Yadav has been seen leading the Mayanagari franchise. But according to reports, Mumbai will not get either Hardik or Suryakumar against RCB. It is reported that Hardik’s injury has not yet healed and he did not visit RCB’s new ‘home ground’ Raipur with the team. On the other hand, it is heard that Surya will not play tomorrow’s match due to personal reasons.
In fact, it is heard that Surya’s wife Devisha may be pregnant. For the first time, the father is the world-winning captain of the Indian T20 team. So Suryakumar will not take the field for Mumbai, he has decided to stay by his wife’s side. Now the question is who can be the captain of the teams in the absence of Surya and Hardik?
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The good news for Mumbai Indians is that they have a record IPL winning captain in their team. By now you must have understood who is talking about. Rohit Sharma finally returned to the XI of Mumbai Indians after recovering from an injury in the last match. But he can claim the captaincy in the absence of Hardik and Surya. But along with him, Jashpreet Bumrah is also in the team as an alternative. This time the baton of the leadership of the watch rises in the hands of some Paltan stars.
It is noteworthy that RCB will play their next two ‘home’ matches in Raipur. The hope was that if RCB made it to the playoffs, they would again play at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. But great KohliThat hobby is not being fulfilled. The venues for the IPL playoffs have been announced by the BCCI today.
The first qualifier will be played on May 26 at Dharamsala. The eliminator match will be held in Mullanpur the next day. Qualifier 2 will be played at the same venue on May 29. After that two days later the mega final of IPL will be held in Ahmedabad on May 31. According to the rules IPLAlthough the final was scheduled to be played at RCB’s home ground Chinnaswamy, the BCCI claimed that the Karnataka board had made demands that the Indian board could not accept, hence the decision.