Kamal Ghorui
Rohit Sharma made an instant impact on his return to the Mumbai Indians playing XI in their match against Lucknow Super Giants on Monday.The former MI captain scored 84 off 44 balls, hitting seven sixes and six fours at a strike rate of 190.91. During the game at the Wankhede Stadium, Rohit reached a milestone in the IPL, going past Virat Kohli in total appearances. He played his 277th match, moving ahead of Kohli, who has 276. MS Dhoni remains at the top with 278 matches.Dhoni has not played this season so far due to a calf strain and could be overtaken by both Rohit and Kohli in the coming matches.Coming to the match, MI opted to bowl first after winning the toss and knocks from Nicholas Pooran (63 off 21 balls, with four and eight sixes), Mitchell Marsh (44 off 25 balls, with six fours and three sixes) and Himmat Singh (40 in 31 balls, with two fours and two sixes) took LSG to 228/5.However, the opening stand of 143 runs between Ryan Rickelton (83 in 32 balls, with six fours and eight sixes) and Sharma helped MI make light work of the chase and completed the chase in 18.4 overs.Stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav made 12 before getting out. Naman Dhir stayed not out on 23, and Will Jacks finished the match with a six in his unbeaten 10.MI are at the ninth spot with three wins and seven losses, while LSG are at the bottom with two wins and seven losses.
