Rohit's Hamstring Scare Clouds MI after Salt's RCB Rampage

Rohit Sharma's IPL 2026 got off to a rough start. He retired hurt on 19 off 13 balls in Mumbai Indians' clash with Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Wankhede—hamstring issue suspected, scans pending to gauge how bad. That puts his spot in MI's next outing against Punjab Kings on April 16 up in the air.

Phil Salt, RCB's opener, just shut down the noise about his shaky run. Blasted 78 off 36 balls to win the match, snagged Player of the Match in that nail-biter. "Impact matters more than consistent big scores every game," he said afterward, shrugging off the weight of milestones. Down-to-earth stuff from the keeper-batter who's now lighting it up for RCB with Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, and Suyash Sharma.

Tim David added his own twist to RCB's 18-run win. Umpires nailed him with a 25% match fee fine plus one demerit point. Level 1 Code of Conduct breach—he ignored their ball-change calls twice in the 18th over.