Even though the former India and Mumbai Indians captain hardly played competitive cricket in the last few months, he surprised everyone with a vintage 38-ball 78 against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium.
Ahead of the DC vs MI clash in Delhi, Mahela shared that Rohit had made up his mind long before joining the camp as he was quietly working on both his fitness and batting during the break. MI had several practice matches and match simulations, and Rohit took part in all of them.
Mahela Jayawardene said at the pre-match press conference as quoted by IANS, "Well, I think credit to him; he had a plan and vision obviously. Even though he hasn't played much competitive cricket, he did quite a bit of skill work off-season whenever he had the time.
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However, Rohit last played competitive cricket in January 2026, but years of experience worked in his favor. As soon as he stepped into nets and practice games, he was in pretty good nick, and the MI head coach said it's in the veins, muscle memory, and how he wanted to go about it.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians players like Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, and Tilak Varma came into the IPL 2026 after constant cricket with Team India.
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Mahela added, “He took those two months to get his fitness right, and then he started doing skill work.”
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MI only provided Rohit the space, the nets, and the bowlers whenever he required them. Notably, the franchise runs special camps for players who are not playing for India regularly, and Rohit used this structure cleverly and prepared for this season.
He signed off by saying, “It's just the guys who are not with their national set-ups or the players who are with their state teams, and some of them are not playing cricket—then we will try in their free time; we'll get them to a camp and do some skill work or whatever we need to do with them." That is how we get involved with our entire squad. So, that's how it goes.”
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