As the IPL cricket festival is about to start today, mumbai Indians captain rohit sharma did not participate in the photoshoot for IPL captains. The 16th season of the IPL cricket festival, which is eagerly awaited by cricket fans, will start today at 6 pm with grand performances by rashmika Mandhana, Tamannaah, and others. After that, the first match of the 16th season of the IPL starts at 7.30 pm. In this, the current champion Gujarat Titans team and the former champion Chennai Super Kings team will face each other. But before the start of the IPL series, some captains have withdrawn from the series due to injury. delhi captain rishabh pant is out due to injury. He is replaced by David Warner as captain. kolkata skipper shreyas iyer has been ruled out for only half the matches due to injury and Nitish Rana has been appointed as the interim captain in his place.
Similarly, while some players are participating in international cricket matches, temporary captains have also been appointed in their place. As Sunrisers hyderabad captain Aiden Markram has been playing international matches, it has come to light that he will not be able to participate in some IPL matches initially.
Therefore, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been appointed as the temporary captain in his place. In this situation, a meeting of the captains of the IPL teams has taken place before the start of the match. After that, a photo shoot of the captains of the teams has been conducted along with the IPL trophy. However, mumbai Indians captain rohit sharma was not included in this. However, while the reason for that has not been revealed so far, now the mumbai Indians team management has given an explanation about it. 