IPL 2025: Rohit Sharma misses LSG vs MI clash due to knee injury-OxBig News Network

Rohit Sharma isn’t available for the Mumbai Indians’ (MI) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match on Friday, April 4 against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Skipper Hardik Pandya confirmed at the toss that the 37-year-old was injured after being hit on the knee during a nets session.

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Hardik also said that ace speedster Jasprit Bumrah “should be back soon”. Bumrah is currently recovering from a back injury that he sustained earlier this year in the New Year’s Test against the Aussies at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Bumrah also missed out on playing in the Champions Trophy after being replaced by Harshit Rana in the squad.

Meanwhile, for the Super Giants, fast bowler Akash Deep has returned and has replaced M Siddharth in the playing XI. In the pre-match press conference, the Bengal pacer confirmed that he was up and running after being sidelined before due to a back injury. Deep hasn’t played a single competitive game since the Boxing Day Test against Australia last year in December at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Playing XI for LSG vs MI

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan

LSG Impact Subs: Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, M Siddharth, Akash Singh.

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Will Jacks, Ryan Rickelton(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Raj Bawa, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Vignesh Puthur

MI Impact Subs: Tilak Varma, Corbin Bosch, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana Raju, Karn Sharma

More to follow…