IPL 2023: RCB vs MI: After missing the captains’ shoot before the first match of this Indian Premier League 2023 season, people were speculated about Rohit Sharma and his fitness before the Mumbai Indians (MI) play their first match of the season against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Sunday, 2nd April. But MI’s coach and former South African wicket-keeper Mark Boucher has dismissed all such claims and has said that the 5 time champion is fit for the opening match. Follow IPL 2023 Live Updates on Insidesport.In.
Coach Mark Boucher confirmed that Captain Rohit Sharma is 100% fit and will play tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/qT2NhyCXC4
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Mark Boucher in the press conference held on Saturday said, ” Yes, Rohit is fit. He has trained the last two days and is 100 per cent ready to go. I think he didn’t feel particularly well that morning and just as a precaution, we told him to stay at home”
Boucher also spoke about Jasprit Bumrah absence and Jofra Archer’s fitness and him replaying Bumrah as the leader of the bowling pack for MI.
“Jofra is good, he is 100 per cent ready for tomorrow. He didn’t train today, it was an optional training session. He felt that he was ready to put the spikes on tomorrow. We are very happy with his progression since he has been with us. He’ll be playing tomorrow.”, said Boucher.
Match Details
Match: Royal Challenger Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, 5th match
Date and Time: Sunday, April 2nd and 7:30 PM IST
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
RCB vs MI Squads
Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB): Faf Du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahemad, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, David Willey, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Micheal Bracewell
Mumbai Indian (MI): Rohit Sharma (c), Sandeep Warrier, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Jofra Archer, Tim David, Mohd Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Tristan Stubbs, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Cameron Green, Jhye Richardson, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal
