A day after Mumbai Indians shared a video of their talismanic captain Rohit Sharma hitting a wonderful lofted shot on the leg side in the nets, the right-handed batter went off missing as captains of the remaining nine teams posed with the IPL 2023 trophy at the Narendra Modi stadium on Thursday. Sharma's absence from the photoshoot, which saw the gathering of all IPL captains, set Internet on fire. Mumbai fans engaged in some hilarious banter with their rivals, as some concluded that the Indian captain will be seen posing with the trophy at the end of the tournament while others joked that Mumbai Indians have given up too early.

Below are a few tweets that caught our attention.