Rohit Sharma made an immediate impact on Mumbai Indians’ return to the playing XI in their match against Lucknow Supergiants on Monday.The former MI captain scored 84 runs off 44 balls with 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, surpassing Virat Kohli’s overall tally. He played his 277th match, surpassing Kohli, who has 276. MS Dhoni is on top with 278 matches.Dhoni has not played so far this season due to a shin strain and could outplay Rohit and Kohli in the upcoming matches.Coming into the match, MI won the toss 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 Himat Singh (40 off 31 balls, with two fours and two sixes).However, an opening stand of 143 runs between Ryan Rickelton (83 off 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 scored 12 runs before being dismissed. Naman Dhir remained not out on 23 and Will Jacks ended the match with a six in his unbeaten 10 runs.MI are ninth with three wins and seven losses, while LSG are at the bottom with two wins and seven losses.
