Change at the top likely for Mumbai Indians against RCB

Mumbai Indians’ highest run getter Suryakumar Yadav though, feels Mumbai are better off having Rohit right at the top of the order. “He put his hand up and came in that pressure situation which is nothing better than him coming and performing. We are happy that an experienced player like Rohit did that,

With 2 wins and 7 matches, both RCB and MI are facing a do-or-die situation. Mumbai though, have a better run rate.

It will be interesting to see whether Rohit decides to go back to opening or not against RCB on Tuesday. That he will bat in the top three is certain.

“It is his and team management's decision to come down the order. May be he wants to take more responsibility by playing till the end. But, he has been performing at all numbers - at one-down or two-down. In the last game, he came up and shouldered the responsibility. Obviously, in coming games we can see more of it,

On Tuesday, before their all-important clash against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are equally struggling with their combination, Mumbai Indians have taken a major step.

The defending champions have declared that captain Rohit Sharma in all probability will bat higher up the order in the coming games.

Rohit started this IPL by opening alongside West Indian dasher Evin Lewis. But after a couple of failures, he decided to slide back to the middle order.

Since then Rohit has batted at the No.4 position until the last game against Super Kings.

Their bowling was never a problem. Question marks were lingering over their unsure batting line-up, which chopped and changed more than any team in the IPL.

Against CSK, captain Rohit Sharma decided to promote himself to number three and hit a match-winning 56 against to anchor the chase to give rise to the hopes of making it to the play-offs.

Mumbai Indians are finally on track or so it seems after their clinical performance against table toppers Chennai Super Kings the other night.

At last, it seems Mumbai Indians have got their act together and have zeroed in on the most suitable batting line-up.