After a horror start to IPL 2023, Mumbai Indians have managed to arrest the slide to stay in the reckoning for a place in the playoffs. But some issues, especially the form of skipper Rohit Sharma and inconsistency of the bowling unit in death overs, continue to plague the five-time champions who will host Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
With 184 runs in 10 matches at a forgettable average of 18.39 and a solitary half-century, Sharma is enduring a second consecutive poor season with the bat.
For the sixth-placed Mumbai Indians to move up in the points table, it is imperative that their best batter in the line-up fires.
