Dropping Rinku from T20 WC squad unfortunate: Agarkar
Rinku has so far played 15 T20Is for India and has an average of 89 and a strike-rate of over 176.
Rinku has so far played 15 T20Is for India and has an average of 89 and a strike-rate of over 176.
In 32 head-to-head meetings between the two sides so far, the MI have ended on the winning sode on 23 occasions, but considering their current form in IPL 2024, MI will have to punch above their weights against a dominant KKR.
Karthik started the last T20 World Cup in Australia as India’s designated keeper before losing his spot ahead of the team’s semifinal defeat to England.
Bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan has been put on hold since Misbah-ul-Haq’s team last toured India to play a three-match ODI series way back in 2012-13.
All eyes will be on the legendary MS Dhoni in what could be his final game at the iconic Wankhede Stadium, where many moons back, he hit the winning six for India to clinch the 2011 ODI World Cup trophy.
Rohit is considered one of the greats of his generation and has the highest individual score in ODIs. Rohit also has three double centuries to his name in the 50-over format.
Chasing 169 for a win, Mumbai Indians were in a good position after the powerplay and despite losing Ishan Kishan, had Rohit Sharma batting well and their in-form batter Suryakumar Yadav in the middle. The loss of concentration in the middle overs however, eventually led to the team's 8th consecutive loss.
The disappointing run in the TATA IPL 2022 continues for the Mumbai Indians who have become the first team to have lost 8 consecutive matches from the start of the season and are out of contention for the playoffs as well.
Dwayne Bravo (2/36), Mitchell Santner (1/16) and Maheesh Theekshana (1/35) were the wicket-takers for CSK leaving only Choudhary without a wicket in the first innings.
The 33-year-old's string of failures with the bat was pretty evident in his last game for his IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore as he was sent back to the pavilion with a first-ball duck on Tuesday in the IPL 2022 match against Lucknow Super Giants at the D.Y Patil Stadium.
