Star Mumbai Indians (MI) batter Suryakumar Yadav missed one other IPL recreation for his group when the five-time champions hosted the Rajasthan Royals on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday (April 1). The reality is that SKY (nickname of Suryakumar) is presently in rehab on the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
Last time Surya was on a cricket discipline was when he performed the third T20I towards South Africa in Johannesburg on December 14 in 2023. He injured his ankle in that recreation after scoring 100 for Team India.
Ahead of his aspect’s conflict towards Rajasthan Royals (RR) within the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday, Mumbai Indians (MI) spinner Piyush Chawla mentioned that they should concentrate on their cricket and ignore the “outside noise”.
Currently, MI is standing on the backside of the standings after dropping two consecutive matches originally of the season. Their first two defeats got here towards the Gujarat Titans (GT) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
Speaking on the pre-match press convention, Chawla mentioned that the house crowd will play a giant function within the upcoming match. He additionally requested the ‘loyal’ MI followers to come back and assist them.
“We have to ignore the outside noise and just focus on our cricket. Indeed, at times, the crowd plays a big role and the loyal MI fans will come and support us,” Chawla was quoted by MI’s web site as saying. (IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) Match To Be Relocated Or Rescheduled – Report)
The 35-year-old spinner added that if the Mumbai-based franchise loses a number of early wickets, then they’ve further batters in the long run to assist them.
“We have seen that last year as well, that when the team scores 200-plus runs, it gives the batters the freedom to play freely. Even if the team loses wickets, they have some extra batters and that makes it difficult for the bowlers,” he added.
Mumbai Indians Squad: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (Wk), Naman Dhir, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Shams Mulani, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Kwena Maphaka, Mohammad Nabi, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Gopal, Luke Wood, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Shivalik Sharma, Anshul Kamboj, Akash Madhwal, Nuwan Thushara, Dewald Brevis.
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (Wk/C), Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Nandre Burger, Navdeep Saini, Keshav Maharaj, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Sen, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Shubham Dubey, Kunal Singh Rathore.
