Rohit Sharma came on as the Impact Player, replacing Riley Meredith, in Mumbai Indians’ chase of 186 against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Rohit opened the innings with Ishan Kishan and was dropped by Umesh Yadav off the first ball as the bowler missed a catch off his own bowling. However, Umesh had the last laugh as he took a stunning catch at mid-off off the bowling of Suyash Sharma to dismiss Rohit for 20 off 13 balls.
Earlier, Suryakumar Yadav, who accompanied Nitish Rana of Kolkata Knight Riders at the toss, said that Rohit had a stomach bug due to which the regular skipper didn’t figure in the first playing XI.
In the last match against Delhi Capitals, Rohit ended his half-century drought in the IPL with a match-winning 53-ball 62. Rohit’s last fifty before that had come back in April 2021 against Punjab Kings in Chennai. In between the two fifties, Rohit endured a spell of 24 innings without a half-century.