India, Dec. 20 -- Rohit Sharma, who won the Player of the Series award for his 200-run-plus haul in the series against Australia earlier this year, is all set to play in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy for Mumbai. However, he would be missing the opening two games against Sikkim and Uttarakhand. Not just Rohit, Yashavi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube and Ajinkya Rahane will also be opening the first two matches, and Mumbai chief selector Sanjay Patil has finally revealed the reason behind it.

It is worth mentioning that the BCCI and the selection committee have already informed all centrally contracted players that they are required to play at least two rounds of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Earlier, it was believed that only senior players Rohit and ...