Big blow to Mumbai Indians: Injured Rohit Sharma out for at least two games, confirms Hardik Pandya

Rohit Sharma picked up a hamstring injury against RCB in MI's last game.

Updated on: Apr 16, 2026, 19:31:54 IST

Written by Prateek Srivastava

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Rohit Sharma is not featuring today in the Mumbai Indians-Punjab Kings encounter at the Wankhede Stadium in the Indian Premier League (IPL). MI captain Hardik Pandya spoke about this at the toss which Punjab Kings won and decided to have a bowl. “Rohit is not playing today. He may take a couple of games before he can return to action,” the MI skipper said.

Rohit Sharma picked up a hamstring injury against RCB on Sunday. (PTI)

Quinton de Kock of South Africa has been included in the side and will open along with fellow compatriot Ryan Rickelton.

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Rohit picked up a hamstring injury in Mumbai Indians’ last match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru this past Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium, which MI lost rather one-sidedly. They lost by 18 runs but if truth be told, they were never really in the contest.

He had been attended to first, but it didn’t help him much, and shortly after, he decided to walk out. He didn’t return to bat as RCB won comprehensively.

Rohit had scored 19 off 13 balls when he walked out in the sixth over, and his injury, it has to be said, compromised MI's chase in a big way. The media manager of the franchise later said the updates on Rohit’s fitness will be made available as soon as they are available.

RCB match was bad for Rohit for this reason too!

The match against RCB was quite eventful for Rohit. Before the start of the chase, his bat was checked by a match official. Rickelton's bat passed the gauge test at the first attempt, however, Rohit's bat was tested twice, and it wasn't smooth-sailing by any means. The bat could be slotted into the gauge only after some efforts. Rohit really looked annoyed at this and Tilak Varma also joined him to help him with the gauge test. Finally, he was allowed to use the bat. Little did he know at that time that his innings would be brief and cut short by a hamstring injury.

Rohit has really worked hard in the last few months to prolong his ODI career. He wants to play in the World Cup next year in South Africa and Zimbabwe. In his long career, he has won all white-ball trophies, except for the ODI World Cup.

However, these injuries suggest there is no guarantee Rohit will play next year. The age is definitely not on his side, and things are going to get worse by the look of things.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Prateek Srivastava
Prateek Srivastava is a senior sports journalist having been in the profession for two decades now. He started his print career with the India Today Group and later also worked for the Asian Age. In 2009, sensing the wind of change, he switched to the digital media and joined Mobile ESPN. There, he covered the 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2010 Hockey World Cup as a venue reporter. He did plenty of voice-over work too, over there. After leaving Mobile ESPN, Prateek went on to work for Cricketnext, Gocricket and Cricbuzz. At Gocricket (Times Internet Limited), he covered the 2014 T20 World from Bangladesh. There he also received a team leadership award, given at the end of the month. Prateek has also covered the 2016 T20 World Cup in India, this time working for Sportz Interactive. He also worked for Chinese giants Alibaba over two years and led their ""Short News"" content team at UC Browser. While cricket is Prateek’s expertise, he has also done a lot of golf. In fact, he has covered India’s first two European Tour events back in the late noughties. He has also done extensive writing on football having been associated with the Indian Super League for three seasons. Finally, Prateek is a literature aficionado and swears by Philip Roth and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and when he doesn’t joke, he is usually quiet and at work.Read More

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