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Former India National Cricket Team captain Rohit Sharma is all set to return to domestic cricket with the Mumbai state cricket team. According to a recently published Indian Express article, the opener has informed the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) himself about his availability for this year's Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament.
When and in how many matches Rohit Sharma will be available to play will be disclosed later. He is expected to join the Mumbai cricket team after the conclusion of the home series against Sri Lanka. The experienced batter is likely to play in the series against the island nation as there will be ODIs as well.
Rohit Sharma to play for Mumbai in Vijay Hazare Trophy
According to an MCA source, as quoted by the media house, Rohit Sharma has asked the state cricket governing body to consider him available for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Because of the national team commitments, the batter may not be able to play all of the matches for Mumbai.
"He has informed us that he will be playing for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and to consider him available after India’s three-ODI series against Sri Lanka at home. How many matches he will be available for, he will inform us later,” an MCA source said.
The initial stage of the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy will start from December 14 to 29, with the knockouts from January 2 to 8. The ODI series between India and Sri Lanka is scheduled from December 13 to 19. The first, second, and third ODIs will be held in Delhi, Bengaluru, and Ahmedabad, respectively.
Rohit Sharma featured for Mumbai in the previous season as well
It will not be a surprising call if Sharma makes himself available for the domestic matches, as he took part in last season's Vijay Hazare Trophy, which was his first in the tournament since 2018. Several other national cricket team cricketer went back to their respective state teams as per BCCI's directives. The Indian cricket governing board directed all of its national team cricketers to play in domestic cricket if they were not engaged in international games. After the board's directives. Rohit Shram, Virat Kohli and several other well established played played a few domestic matches.
Rohit made his return with the Mumbai cricket team in a glittering way, scoring 155 runs off 94 balls against Sikkim in the first match, in front of a jam-packed stadium, but had to head back towards the pavilion after being dismissed for a duck in the following match against Uttarakhand.
Rohit Sharma as Mumbai Indians captain?
Ahead of the IPL 2027, there are heavy speculations that the Mumbai Indians (MI) are set to reassign Rohit as their captain again. If the rumours turn out to be true, then he will replace Hardik Pandya.
According to ongoing social media rumours, the franchise held talks with Rohit Sharma and Tilak Varma for the leadership role. 'Hitman' is likely to retain his role. However, nothing is finalized yet as official announcements are to be made.
