Jofra Archer is not playing for Mumbai Indians in their second match of the IPL 2023 against Chennai Super Kings on Saturday. He had skilled discomfort in his proper elbow in their opening sport against Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 2. There have been speculations about Jofra’s harm forward of the high-voltage match.
MI skipper Rohit Sharma cleared the air about Jofra not being included in the line-up. When requested by Ravi Shastri throughout the toss, Rohit stated it was extra of a precautionary measure to bench Archer as a substitute of harm.
“We would’ve fielded as well. It’s a good pitch to bat and will be a good contest between bat and ball. The mood has been upbeat and hopefully, we can correct the things we didn’t do in Bangalore. One injury – not an injury but just a precaution – Jofra is not playing, but we’ve got other guys to do the job for us. Great feeling to be back at the Wankhede,” Rohit stated throughout the toss.
Mumbai bagged Archer for Rs 8 crore final yr, despite the fact that he was not obtainable to play in IPL 2022. When will Jofra play for MI and the way will he carry out is one thing to be careful for.
MI and CSK share a giant rivalry between them. Notably, the 2 sides share as many as 9 IPL trophies and have locked horns against one another a large 36 occasions together with the face-offs in the now-defunct Champions League T20. Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni, the captains of the respective groups, will likely be eager on main their workforce to a win in this important encounter
MI vs CSK face to face
- Matches Played – 34
- CSK received – 14
- MI received – 20
- Tied Matches – 0
- No Result – 0
- CSK’s Highest Score – 218
- MI’s Highest Score – 219
MI Playing XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Tristan Stubbs, Arshad Khan, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff
CSK Playing XI: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Shivam Dube, Dwaine Pretorius, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Sisanda Magala, Tushar Deshpande
Substitutes –
Mumbai Indians – Ramandeep Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Karthikeya, Nehal Wadhera
Chennai Super Kings – Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ambati Rayudu, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh, Subhranshu Senapati
