Good news for Mumbai! Rohit Sharma will make a comeback in the do or die match against Gujarat

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 20, 2026

New Delhi: Rohit Sharma has returned to the nets for Mumbai Indians ahead of the match against Gujarat Titans. His comeback has come after suffering a hamstring injury. Rohit suffered an injury during the match against RCB and was scanned to know the severity of the injury. After which he was out of the next match also. Now a big update has also come out regarding him.

Rohit Sharma’s return confirmed

In fact, despite trying his best to recover from the injury, Rohit Sharma had to sit out of the match against Punjab Kings. Hardik Pandya had said that this veteran MI player will be out for at least two matches. But now his return seems possible soon.

However, a good news for MI fans is that on the eve of the match, Rohit Sharma returned to the nets and sweated profusely inside the nets. Rohit looked in good form, played some of his special shots in the nets and prepared himself for the match on Monday.

The coach gave this update

Let us tell you that before the next match of Mumbai Indians, the bowling coach of the franchise gave a big update regarding the fitness of Rohit Sharma. Coach Paras Mhambrey said about the hitman that he looks completely fit. Sharma is batting brilliantly in the nets and his work on his fitness is also continuing. He will be seen again on the field soon.

The team’s crushing defeat without Rohit

It is noteworthy that in the absence of Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians made some changes in their team and fielded Quinton de Kock along with Ryan Rickleton to open the batting. De Kock took full advantage of this opportunity and scored 112 runs against PBKS. But the team still had to face defeat in the match.

If Rohit Sharma returns, it is expected that he will open the innings with De Kock. Because Richlton has been struggling to score runs in the last few matches. After scoring 81 runs in the first match, Rickleton has scored 9, 8, 37 and 2 runs. Whereas in this season Sharma has scored 137 runs in 04 matches.