In IPL 2023, two matches were played on Sunday. In the first match, Mumbai Indians defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets to win their second consecutive game. In this match, Mumbai surprised everyone and rested Rohit Sharma. Suryakumar Yadav was sent for the toss as captain. Mumbai bowled first and Suryakumar continued to take decisions as captain. However, at the time of batting, Rohit Sharma came to bat as an impact player. However, despite this Suryakumar remained the captain of the team.
At the time of the toss, Suryakumar had said that Rohit is not playing this match due to some stomach problem. However, he was placed on the list of possible five impact players. Later everyone was shocked to see him coming in to bat. Batting as an impact player, Rohit scored 20 runs in 13 balls. He was dismissed by Suyash Sharma. Mumbai won the match by five wickets. The team achieved the target of 186 runs in 17.4 overs. After the match, Suryakumar came to speak in place of Rohit as captain.
Why did Suryakumar Yadav remain the captain even after Rohit Sharma entered the field as an impact player?
According to the impact player rule that the BCCI has implemented in IPL this year, a substitute player can bat, bowl and field, but he cannot be the captain. Rohit is the regular captain of Mumbai, but Suryakumar came at the time of the toss. In such a situation, only Suryakumar appeared in the role of captain in that particular match. Rohit could not captain under the impact player rule.