Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has said that he has to do “a lot of maintenance work” to keep himself fit and injury-free.
“Maintaining what I have built up in the last three or four months. Obviously I was injured during the last IPL. So there’s a lot of maintenance work that I have to keep doing just to maintain my lower body, hamstring and stuff like that,” Sharma said in ‘Captain’s Corner’, a video posted by Mumbai Indians on its Twitter handle on Tuesday.
Sharma further praised his team’s fitness regime and the way the players are doing the drills to stay in shape. “It is great to see some of the fast bowlers who played in yesterday’s game come out and do the fitness drills, which is always nice. That’s what MI always takes pride in. Putting that extra yard in, that’s why we get the results in our favour,” he said.
MI will play KKR on Tuesday (April 13). The Rohit Sharma-led side had a disappointing start to the tournament after they lost to Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening match and would be looking to turn fortunes for themselves in the clash against KKR.
MI are the most successful team in the IPL having won the title five times. They are the reigning champions after getting their hands on the trophy in 2019 and 2020 editions. Rohit’s troops would now be seeking to complete a hat trick of title wins in this season.