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India skipper Rohit Sharma received a special '200' jersey from legendary Sachin Tendulkar on playing his 200th IPL match for Mumbai Indians on Wednesday.

Former Mumbai Indians captain hit the milestone in the Indian Premier League (IPL) clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

Before the toss, Tendulkar paid tribute to Rohit's commitment to the Mumbai-based franchise and presented him with a special jersey for the landmark clash in the team huddle.

Rohit became the third player in the tournament to play 200 matches for the same franchise after Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) and MS Dhoni (Chennai Super Kings).

Overall, Rohit is taking the field in his 245th IPL game. Before the start of the tournament, Hardik Pandya replaced him as the captain of Mumbai Indians for the season.

The opening batter has been instrumental in the franchise's success over the years after joining the side in 2011. He led Mumbai Indians to five IPL titles, starting from his first season as captain in 2013.

In 199 games for Mumbai Indians, Rohit struck 5,084 runs at an average of 29.39 including 34 fifties and a century.

Coming back to the match, Pandya won the toss and opted to bowl first as Kwena Maphaka makes IPL debut in place of Luke Wood.

On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad made two changes in their line-up as Travis Head came in for Marco Jansen while Jaydev Unadkat replaced T Natarajan.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (WK), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (C), Tim David, Naman Dhir, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Shams Mulani, Kwena Maphaka.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat