{"id":3313,"date":"2026-04-16T07:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:46:08","slug":"huge-blow-for-mumbai-indians-rohit-sharma-likely-to-miss-next-two-ipl-2026-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/huge-blow-for-mumbai-indians-rohit-sharma-likely-to-miss-next-two-ipl-2026-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Blow for Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma Likely to Miss Next Two IPL 2026 Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mumbai Indians\u2019 IPL 2026 campaign has hit a major stumbling block with reports indicating that veteran opener Rohit Sharma is unlikely to feature in the team&#8217;s next two fixtures. According to sources close to the development, the former captain is dealing with a minor fitness issue believed to be a recurring hamstring strain\u2014sustained during a recent training session. While the team management has not yet issued a formal medical bulletin, the decision to rest him is seen as a precautionary measure to ensure he is fully fit for the business end of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rohit&#8217;s absence comes at a challenging time for Mumbai, as the team looks to stabilise its position in the top half of the table. His experience at the top of the order and his role as a tactical mentor on the field have been pivotal to MI\u2019s strategy this season. In his absence, the coaching staff will likely have to reshuffle the opening combination, potentially giving an opportunity to one of the younger fringe players to step up. Fans will be closely watching the toss in the upcoming games for official confirmation on the playing XI and the extent of the injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai Indians\u2019 IPL 2026 campaign has hit a major stumbling block with reports indicating that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3315,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3313\/revisions\/3315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theimphalreporter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}