Rohit Sharma made an immediate impact on his return to the Mumbai Indians playing XI in their match against Lucknow Super Giants on Monday.The former MI captain scored 84 off 44 balls, hitting seven sixes and six fours at a strike rate of 190.91. During the match at the Wankhede Stadium, Rohit reached the IPL milestone and went past Virat Kohli in the total. He played his 277th match to move ahead of Kohli who has 276. MS Dhoni remains on top with 278 matches.
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Ryan Rickelton gives update on Hardik Pandya, praises Rohit SharmaDhoni has not played so far this season due to a calf strain and could be overtaken by both Rohit and Kohli in the upcoming matches.Coming into the match, MI opted to bowl first after winning the toss and knockouts from Nicholas Pooran (63 off 21 balls, with four and eight sixes), Mitchell Marsh (44 off 25 balls, with six fours and three sixes) and Himmat Singh (40 in 31 balls, with two fours and two sixes) took LSG to LSG.However, an opening stand of 143 runs between Ryan Rickelton (83 off 32 balls, with six fours and eight sixes) and Sharma helped MI ease the chase, completing the chase in 18.4 overs.Stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav made 12 before getting out. Naman Dhir remained not out on 23 and Will Jacks finished the match with six of his unbeaten 10.MI are in ninth place with three wins and seven losses, while LSG are at the bottom with two wins and seven losses.
