Rohit Sharma was out of the team for the last few matches due to injury.

He had a hamstring problem, due to which he could not play 5 consecutive league matches. The impact of his absence was clearly visible on the team’s performance. Mumbai Indians seemed to be losing momentum during this period and slipped down in the points table.

Rohit played his last match this season on 12 April against RCB. In that match, he was retired after scoring 19 runs in 13 balls. Since then, he was recovering from the injury and was out of the team.

Now his return has come at a time when every match has become do or die for Mumbai Indians.

The team is currently placed ninth in the points table and in today’s match, it faces Lucknow Super Giants, who are in the same position with equal points. In such a situation, this match is considered very important for both the teams.

Rohit’s return will strengthen Mumbai’s top order. The team will definitely benefit from his experience and leadership, especially when the team is playing under constant pressure. Fans are also hopeful that ‘Hitman’ will regain his old rhythm with his return and will play an important role in helping the team win.

Now it will be interesting to see how much difference Rohit Sharma’s return makes for Mumbai Indians and whether the team is able to take advantage of this opportunity and keep itself in the race for the playoffs.

LSG Batting-First XI: Mitch Marsh, Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (captain, wicketkeeper), Akshat Raghuvanshi, Himmat Singh, Mohammed Shami, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav

Impact Bench: Siddharth M, Digvesh Rathi, Mayank Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad.

MI Bowling-First XI: Ryan Rickleton (wk), Naman Dheer, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Verma, Will Jacques, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Raghu Sharma.

Impact Bench: Rohit Sharma, Mayank Rawat, Robin Minz, Shardul Thakur, Trent Boult.