Rohit Sharma IPL
Rohit Sharma: The 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) could be Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s last season as a player in the jersey of Mumbai Indians, as the franchise on Friday announced Hardik Pandya as its new captain. Under the captaincy of Rohit (Rohit Sharma as MI captain) the team has emerged as the most successful franchise in this league. Rohit led the team for 11 seasons, out of which Mumbai Indians managed to win the title five times. There will be a big auction for the 2024 season of IPL and this move by the franchise has made it clear that Rohit is no longer in Mumbai Indians’ future plans as a player. The EPL Governing Committee will allow four players (three Indians and one foreigner) to be retained in the squad. Looking ahead, the Mumbai team will want to retain Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah.
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However, Rohit’s strong performances in the current season could change this. Rohit Sharma is still in the race to captain the Indian team in the T20 World Cup in June. Rohit has said many times that he will never play for any franchise other than Mumbai Indians. It has been learned that an IPL franchise in North India is ready to pay him a huge sum to play the role of captain and mentor. In such a situation, will he change his mind? In the cutthroat world of franchise cricket, it was surprising that a simple media release issued by Mumbai Indians did not include a statement from one of the greatest captains of the IPL.
The franchise’s global head of coaching, Mahela Jayawardene, however, thanked Rohit for his contribution. All this happened when just 48 hours ago, Rohit took to his Instagram page to talk about his motivation for another chance to win the World Cup. The last three seasons of IPL have not been good for Mumbai. Hardik was not fully fit in 2021, after which Bumrah was ruled out for the season due to injury. The team made a big bid for Jofra Archer but he also couldn’t work out for the team due to injury.
Unless Rohit himself reveals something, it will be very difficult to guess what kind of conversation the franchise has had with its great player. Those following the development of the franchise wondered why Rohit was not given the opportunity to step down himself. Taking over the captaincy from Hardik will leave batsman Rohit free to bat and is likely to be seen in another team’s jersey in the future.