Former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma created history when he clashed with Punjab Kings in the 33rd match of IPL 2024. This match is being played today on 18th April at Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur. Rohit Sharma has become the second player after MS Dhoni to play 250 matches in the history of IPL.

The 36-year-old hitman started his IPL career with Deccan Chargers in 2008. The Chargers are no longer in the tournament. Rohit remained a part of this team till 2010 and joined the Mumbai Indians team in 2011. After this, he became the captain of the franchise in 2013. The star batsman changed the fortunes of the franchise by winning five IPL titles.

Before the start of IPL 2024, Hardik Pandya, who was traded to Gujarat Titans by replacing Rohit Sharma, was made the Mumbai captain. As soon as Hardik was made the captain, the franchise was criticized a lot by Hardik. Talking about Rohit Sharma's batting record, he is the fourth highest run scorer in the history of IPL after Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner. He has more than 6000 runs in his name in IPL.

Players who played most matches in IPL

256 – MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings and Rising Pune Supergiants)

250 – Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers and Mumbai Indians)

249 – Dinesh Karthik (Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Lions)

244 – Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

232 – Ravindra Jadeja (Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Lions)

In the 33rd match of IPL 2024, Punjab Kings won the toss and decided to bowl first. Riley Rousseau has returned to the team in place of Jonny Bairstow. Mumbai has not made any changes in its team.

Playing XI of Punjab Kings: Riley Rousseau, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh.

Playing XI of Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah.

Impact players of Punjab: Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Shivam Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Vidwath Kawerappa.

Mumbai Impact Players: Akash Madhwal, Nuwan Thushara, Kumar Karthikeya, Piyush Chawla, Naman Dheer.