Former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma received a warm welcome at Chennai Airport on Thursday as he arrived for the team’s opening match of the 2025 Indian Premier League. Fans chanted “Rohit-Rohit” and “Mumbai Cha Raja Rohit Sharma” as the 37-year-old batter made his way through the terminal.
Sharma has been playing in the IPL since it started in 2008. He has played 257 matches and scored 6,628 runs with an average of 29.72 and a strike rate of 131.4. He has hit 43 half-centuries and two centuries. He also holds the record for the most runs in Mumbai vs Chennai matches, scoring 837 runs in 29 innings at an average of 32.19. His highest score in these games is an unbeaten 105, and he has hit seven fifties.
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Mumbai Indians, five-time IPL champions, will play their first match against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday at MA Chidambaram Stadium.
In this game, India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav will lead the team. Regular captain Hardik Pandya will miss the match because he is serving a one-game suspension for slow over-rate violations during IPL 2024. Yadav has captained Mumbai before in IPL 2023 against Kolkata Knight Riders. In that match, he scored 43 runs and helped the team win by five wickets while chasing 186.
