WHAT'S AILING ROHIT SHARMA?

It is often said that a 'captain is only as good as his team'. Every word of this clichéd phrase is proving to be true given the current circumstances of MI and Rohit. This is the same captain who led Mumbai to five title wins.

-  RENIN WILBEN

Team India and Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma has been having a torrid run in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 both as a batter and a captain. Following their first seven matches, Mumbai do not have a single win on the board, with the T20 league’s most successful franchise losing each and every match. With their latest loss to the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Mumbai created a dubious record, becoming the first team to lose the first seven matches in an IPL edition. It is a shocking stat, but that can still be put into relevance considering that Mumbai assembled arguably the weakest squad at the auction. What is really surprising is the manner in which the Hitman has struggled with the willow in hand. After seven matches in IPL 2022, he only has 114 runs to his name at a paltry average of 16.29 and a strike rate of 126.67. He scored 41 in Mumbai’s first match against the Delhi Capitals (DC). This remains his highest score after seven matches. His subsequent scores read – 10, 3, 26, 28, 6 and 0. With his duck against CSK, he now has been dismissed without scoring most times (14) in the IPL. The numbers prove that something is definitely not right with Rohit the batter.