Cricket

‘Woman jersey Rohit ko fit nahi aya’ - Fans react as Rohit Sharma misses MI vs KKR clash in IPL 2023

Here is how fans have reacted on Twitter as Rohit Sharma missed the KKR clash at Wankhede in the ongoing IPL 2023

author-image
Jennifer
New Update
Rohit Sharma in IPL 2023

Rohit Sharma in IPL 2023 (Image Source: Twitter)

On 16 April 2023, the stage was set at Wankhede Stadium as Mumbai Indians (MI) took on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the ongoing IPL. Rohit Sharma and his men registered their first win of the season in the last game against Delhi Capitals (DC). The MI skipper played a solid knock and won the Player of the Match award. 

Advertisment

So, fans were happy to see Rohit Sharma finally hit a fifty in IPL after a long gap of 808 days. Hence, fans were looking to see him in action again at Wankhede against KKR. But, they were left surprised when Suryakumar Yadav came out for the toss along with the KKR skipper Nitish Rana.

Rohit Sharma was on the impact player list against KKR in IPL 2023

Yadav won the toss and opted to bowl first. Then, Ravi Shastri asked him about Rohit’s unavailability. In reply to that, the stand-in skipper said that Rohit Sharma has a stomach bug. Hence, Duan Jansen came into the playing XI. Both Jansen and Arjun Tendulkar made their debut for MI. However, Rohit was on the impact player list. Speaking of the last match, Rohit scored 65 runs off 45 balls while chasing 173 runs. He hit six fours and four sixes.

After the match, Rohit Sharma said: “Obviously, winning the game is the most important thing and it's a great feeling to cross the line. We've been working really, really hard and we had camps in Mumbai a couple of weeks before the tournament. To get the result feels really good and we're going to cherish this. We recently played a Test match here and this pitch didn't look different to that and looked dry. So, I thought it was important to get the slower bowlers into the game quickly.” 

Advertisment

“We thought 173 was chaseable, and everyone put their hand up. When I went to bat, I wanted to make full use of the powerplay because as the game went on, I thought it would be tough with the couple of quality spinners they had. We tried to create a partnership and good to see Tilak bat with that intent as well” Rohit concluded.

Here is how fans have reacted to Rohit missing the match:

Cricket News IPL 2023 Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma Twitter Reactions