The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 is to start from March 26. The inaugural match of the tournament is to be played between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. At the same time, the team of Mumbai Indians will start their campaign in the tournament with the match against Delhi Capitals at the Brabourne Stadium. However, according to the news that is coming now, Mumbai Indians may get a setback in the beginning of IPL 2022.
Its star batsman Suryakumar Yadav may have to be ruled out of the match on March 27 as a full recovery from the thumb injury is unlikely. Suryakumar Yadav was injured during the T20 series against West Indies. Later the X-ray report revealed a hairline fracture in his thumb. For this reason, he could not take part in the series against Sri Lanka as well. Let us tell you that Suryakumar Yadav is among the 4 players who were retained by the Mumbai Indians ahead of the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
A senior BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity, “Surya is currently doing his rehabilitation at the NCA. He is on his way to recovery but his participation in the opening match is unlikely. In such a situation, it is quite likely that the medical team of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will not take any risk of playing him in the opening match of Mumbai Indians.
for Mumbai Indians Suryakumar Yadav, apart from skipper Rohit Sharma and his Ishan Kishan being the most important batsmen, the Mumbai Indians team management will also not want to take any risk as the tournament is going to go on for a long time. Ishan Kishan was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 15.25 crore in IPL 2022 Mega Auction. The first match of Mumbai Indians is on 27th March.
After that Mumbai Indians The next match is to be held on April 2. That is, there is a difference of 5 days between the first and second match. Hopefully by then Suryakumar Yadav can be fine. The second match of Mumbai Indians is against Rajasthan Royals. “I think he will be 100 per cent fit before Mumbai Indians’ second match,” the source said.