Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah retained in A+ category of BCCI's annual contracts
Cricket | April 15, 2021 21:10 ISTThe players are divided into four categories, which are A+, A, B, and C.
The players are divided into four categories, which are A+, A, B, and C.
Mumbai Indians came back strongly in the last 10 overs of the match to defend a meager total of 152 against KKR which managed only 20 runs in the last five overs.
Suryakumar Yadav hit a 36-ball 56 while skipper Rohit Sharma made 43 from 32 balls before the Mumbai unit was hit by Andre Russell's bowling heroics late in the innings.
Rohit missed a few matches in the latter half of the league stage of the 2020 IPL due to a hamstring injury.
The Mumbai Indians skipper missed some part of the IPL last year and the initial portion of the Australia tour, including the white-ball leg, due to the injury.
The Australian joined Mumbai Indians in 2020 but didn't get to play a single match in the season. This time he got a chance to play the season-opener since Quinton de Kock is serving quarantine upon arrival from South Africa.
Rohit Sharma sported a message for a special cause during MI's match against RCB on Friday.
Since 2013, Mumbai Indians have not won their season opener. But in the same period, Mumbai are the only team to win five IPL trophies, two more than second-placed Chennai Super Kings.
Royals Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the toss and elected to field against Mumbai Indians (MI) in the opening match of the Indian Premier League, 2021.
Entering the lucrative league as one of the favourites, Rohit's MI will complete a hat-trick of title triumphs if they win the IPL this year.
Vaughan also predicted that SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) could lift the trophy if the Mumbai franchise suffers ‘some bizarre loss of form’.
Pujara admits that he is not a power hitter like other T20 specialist and that he will rely on timing like his national team skipper Kohli or his deputy Rohit.
Former Indian spinner Sarandeep Singh India should stick to the experienced opening combination of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan in the T20 World Cup.
Defending champions MI will take on Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore in the tournament opener to be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on April 9.
The series is level at 1-1 and the winner in the third ODI will clinch the three-match series.
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan achieved the record during the final ODI against England on Sunday.
Hours after India's comprehensive victory against England in the first ODI of the three-match series, head coach Ravi Shastri on Wednesday shared a picture from the team's lunch session in Pune. Shastri also highlighted the morale in the Indian dressing room amid bio-bubble struggles.
Following India's 3-1 Test series victory against England, Shastri had said that living in bio-bubble have created stronger bonds like never before among players.
Suryakumar Yadav and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant too have made rapid progress.
Shikhar Dhawan, who was dropped from the playing eleven after the first T20I, will open the batting with Rohit Sharma in the first ODI against England at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, India skipper Virat Kohli said on Monday.
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