Rohit Sharma’s decline in IPL: Mumbai Indians will remain with their weakest link, cricket news will remain

Rohit Sharma has made a disastrous start for this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL). The 38 -year -old has scored just 82 runs in six innings at a disappointing average of 13.66. On Thursday, Sunrisers used to score 26 runs against Hyderabad for 26 balls, he was the highest score this season.
Rohit’s lean patch matches Mumbai Indians with inconsistent performance this season. Hardik Pandya -led franchise is currently the seventh on the points table.
Call it a scarcity with five -time champions Mumbai Indians, but due to Rohit’s poor form, they are partially suffering.
Mahela Jayawardene, head coach of Mumbai Indians, mentioned that the powerplay struggle is the cost of the team. “Powerplay is a concern for us with balls and bat,” he said at a press conference. With Jasprit Bumrah, MI is potentially the best bowling unit in the tournament. However, the struggle is clear with the bat.

Despite Rohit’s failures, Jayawardene has publicly supported the aging star. He said: “I still return to senior professionals and all the people I have kept there. They have skills. It’s just that we need to be a little more ruthless. Many times, we are missing one or two overs where we lose our discipline.”
Actually, Rohit has led Mumbai Indians to five IPL trophies in 11 years, but since 2022, it is just an average of 22.89. This is the second lowest of 21 openers to play 20-plus innings.

Rohit, who dried India’s 11 -year ICC title with a T20 World Cup win in 2024 and helped to make drought with the Champions Trophy title last month, batted only 12 out of their 36 IPL innings since the beginning of 2023 and is still batting outside the powerplay this year.
The age of 35 is struggling in the IPL of this year, Rohit Sharma is second after Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) all-rounder Andre Russell, who has scored only 34 runs in seven outings. Unlike Rohit, however, Russell dropped the order down and usually faced low delivery. In this season so far, among all IPL openers, Rohit Sharma’s figures are the second worst, after Jake Fraser-Maikagur of Delhi Capital, who has scored 55 runs in six outings.
Did Mi recall the trick?
Over the years, Mumbai Indians have taken some ruthless calls as well as the top talent through their broad scouting networks, whether the Pandya brothers – Krunal and Hardik – Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, Rampandeep Singh, and Vignesh Puthhur and Ashwani Kumar.
Who is that IPL player?
Let’s go down the memory lanes. In 2013, through the season, the franchise decided to dismiss the skipper Ricky Ponting, and Mumbai Indians went to win their first IPL title.
But that ruthless approach has not been followed in dealing with Rohit. Their 15 and 20s are celebrated like not tomorrow. But the fact is that he is disappointing his team. He is in an important place in the order, and with his fitness concerns and current knee issue, it is anticipated whether he will play two more IPL seasons.

Rohit Sharma in IPL

Did Mumbai Indians remember a trick by maintaining Rohit last year? Prior to the auction, he retained a 37 -year -old man. With him, it clearly shows that they are not looking five years forward, and with their disappointing look, he is disappointing his team.
Rohit has crossed 400-plus runs in only one of the last five seasons, and former India opener Virender Sehwag has said that the most successful captain of IPL is not doing justice to his legacy. “This is your legacy that is hurting. AB Aneye Jane’s time is (Now is the time for him to retire), “He told Cricbuzz.
Rohit Sharma’s mythological position may probably earn a long rope, but it will be interesting to see that Mumbai Indians, a franchise, a franchise known to take a brave call, will return the weakest link.