Soon after leading the team to a 2-0 series win over Sri Lanka in Tests, captain Rohit Sharma joined the Mumbai Indians (MI) camp ahead of the start of the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Mumbai Indians posted a video of Rohit’s arrival in which he was seen being greeted by head coach Mahela Jayawardene and other members of the support staff. However, the meeting started on a hilarious note as Jayawardene started seeing “gray hair” on Rohit as he also made a comment related to the captaincy responsibilities of the Indian cricket team. “His hair has turned whiter since he started captaining,” Mahela joked, as the Sri Lankan shook hands and hugged as the duo made another journey to clinch the IPL crown from defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK). started.
The video was posted by the official handle of the Mumbai Indians (MI) franchise with a caption that said: “There’s always something special about catching up with familiar faces!”
There’s always something special about catching up with familiar faces! #a family #mumbaiindians @ImRo45 @mahelajay @sheenbond27 Mi TV pic.twitter.com/Zi1KME46e7
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) 15 March 2022
MI is scheduled to play their first match against Delhi Capitals (DC) on March 27 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
MI have won five IPL titles so far while MS Dhoni-led CSK is not behind with four title-winning campaigns.
In the recent IPL mega auction, MI picked the likes of wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan and pacer Jofra Archer.
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Jofra Archer, however, will not be available for IPL 2022.
Mumbai Indians Full Team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Devald Brevis, Murugan Ashwin, Basil Thampi, Tilak Verma, Sanjay Yadav, Daniel Sams, Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills, Tim David, Riley Meredith, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Anmolpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Aryan Juyal, Fabian Allen
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