"Itni garmi hai, kon khelega aaj" - Twitterati trolls Rohit Sharma for not playing against KKR; named as impact sub
Mumbai Indians (MI) take on the Kolkata Knights Riders (KKR) in Match 22 of the Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL 2023) at the Wankhede Stadium. The Mumbai-based franchise will be led by Suryakumar Yadav during the absence of Rohit Sharma, who is not part of the playing XI due to a stomach bug.
"Rohit is out, he has a stomach bug," Suryakumar Yadav said during the toss.
However, the Indian skipper has been named among the substitutes for the Mumbai Indians against KKR. Rohit Sharma is one of five subs alongside Ramandeep Singh, Arshad Khan, Vishnu Vinod and Kumar Kartikeya.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first at home against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Thus, there is a possibility of Rohit Sharma coming on as an impact player for Mumbai Indians during the second innings.
Cameroon Green is expected to open the innings for Mumbai Indians if the franchise decides not to bring Rohit Sharma as the impact substitute for the MI vs KKR encounter.
Mumbai Indians have also handed a debut to Arjun Tendulkar, who received his cap from skipper Rohit Sharma. They have also brought Duan Jansen into the playing 11 for the match. KKR, on the other hand, will be playing with an unchanged team.
MI vs KKR: Playing XI for today's IPL 2023 match
Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan (w), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Riley Meredith
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy
Fans react to Rohit Sharma being named as an impact substitute.
Fans on Twitter have mixed reactions to Rohit Sharma not playing the game and being named as a sub. Here are a few reactions from the fans.
Rohit Sharma refused to captain Arjun Tendulkar
It is real 🥶 https://t.co/zyXfl4lcjs
The difference between Virat kohli and Rohit sharma.
#MIvKKR https://t.co/2l9PDfV2B9
#JioCinema aaj Rohit Sharma ko impect player ke room me khelna kya radneeti hai
From now Rohit Is The Impact Player For Chumbai 🤣🤣🤣
Removed From Captaincy 😂
#kkrvgt #RohitSharma #ArjunTendulkar Is The main Player https://t.co/7bsvIbsla5
Rohit Sharma rested because of eating too many vadapavs ~ reported by jnl
😭😭😭
I won’t play today’s match because of today is Sunday so I want to eat some badapav
: Say Rohit Sharma https://t.co/0d4nRUfasF
@sd_8995 So it was Rohit Sharma who was stopping Arjun Tendulkar , the son of India's greatest player, from making his debut. It was good that Sachin sir lost his patience and mixed food poison in Rohit's meal, otherwise Rohit would have done injustice to Arjun even today. #MIvsKKR
Rohit Sharma be like
Kiya howa agar aik match nahi kela kana thori chor sakte hai 🤣🤣🤣
#IPL2023 #ipl #RohitSharma𓃵 #MumbaiIndians
@FarziCricketer Sunday is Not Rohit Sharma's Day !
Beginning of the end for #RohitSharma ?
#MIvsKKR #ArjunTendulkar #SKY
Mumbai Indians minus Rohit Sharma is such a loveable team 😍
Reason why Rohit Sharma not playing today https://t.co/3btUYihyaV
Rohit Sharma is the impact player.
Wtf it is....
He is captain of the team or he is just a player??
How can a captain be a impact player of the team?
I think MI management are in panic mode after 2 loss.
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