Rohit Sharma (Image credit: Mumbai Indians) NEW DELHI: Two bottom-ranked teams – Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants – will clash in the IPL 2026 at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. With their play-off hopes hanging in the balance, both sides are desperate to turn things around and kick into high gear.Mumbai Indians, currently ninth in the table, have managed just two wins from nine matches. They head into the game on the back of three straight defeats, including a heavy eight-wicket loss to Chennai Super Kings.
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“We didn’t play good cricket” – Mahela Jayawardene after MI’s biggest IPL loss vs CSKBottom-placed LSG also have two wins but from eight matches. They are struggling with five straight losses, the latest being a Super Over defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders.Mumbai’s campaign has been hit by inconsistent performances from key players such as Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma and skipper Hardik Pandya, whose leadership has also come under scrutiny.Rohit Sharma’s absence due to a hamstring injury further weakened the side and left them little room for error.Mumbai would ideally like Rohit back at the top of the order, but his availability for this crucial clash remains uncertain.
Will Rohit Sharma play against Lucknow Super Giants today?
Mumbai Indians have not given any official update on Rohit’s return.The former captain, who led the franchise to five IPL titles (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020), has not played since suffering a hamstring injury during a match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru nearly three weeks ago.Rohit retired at 19 in that game and has since missed matches against Punjab Kings, Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings.However, Rohit was seen batting in the nets ahead of the LSG clash in a video shared by Mumbai Indiansplatoons:Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Shrijith Krishnan (wk), Bevon Jacobs, Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Will Jacks, Keshav Maharaj, Raj Angad Bawa, Vignesh Puthur, Chault Sharwan, Sharpak, Karpak Tren Kumar, Reece Topley, VS Penmetsa, Arjun Tendulkar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jasprit Bumrah.Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Aiden Markram, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Mukul Choudhary, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahamad, Arshin Kulkarni, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ayush Shami, Mohammad Badhan, Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav, Arjun Tendulkar, Anrich Nortje, Naman Tiwari, Mayank Yadav and Mohsin Khan
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