In true Bollywood style, Mumbai Indians (MI) turned to a Shah Rukh Khan dialogue to silence the buzz around Rohit Sharma’s rumored move to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) — moments after KKR announced Abhishek Nayar as their new head coach. Mumbai Indians posted on social media, saying: “Sun will rise tomorrow again, but (K) night... mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai (It’s not just difficult, it’s impossible).”

The rumour mills were doing the rounds as Rohit and KKR’s newly appointed coach are good friends, and Abhishek Nayar has worked closely with the former India captain before the three-match ODI series in Australia. “Three months of hard work, not eating his favourite food, training hard — maybe you will see a few more kilos down when we see him play next time,” Nayar said on JioH

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