Mumbai Indians batter Rohit Sharma plays a shot during the IPL 2024 cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians, at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Friday, May 17, 2024. (PTI Photo)
Even as Rohit Sharma roared back into form with a scintillating 68 off 38 balls against the Lucknow Super Giants on Friday, his future with the Mumbai Indians is still up in the air. With the Wankhede giving their beloved ex-skipper a standing ovation after the innings in their last match of the IPL season, a surreal feeling hung over the ground.
Even MI’s head coach Mark Boucher couldn’t confirm Rohit’s future with the franchise after a rollercoaster season which saw the 5-time IPL winning captain replaced by Hardik Pandya only to finish last in the points table.
“To be honest, there hasn’t been many conversations about Rohit’s future at all. I spoke to him last night or the night before, just to do a little review of the season,” Boucher said on Friday.
“I said, ‘what’s next for Rohit Sharma?’ He said to me, ‘the (T20) World Cup’. (And) that’s perfect. That’s all I need to know about what Rohit Sharma’s future is.” “For me, he’s a master of his own destiny. It’s a big auction next season. Who knows what’s going to happen? We’ll just have to take each day as it comes,” he added.
Did not live up to standard: Rohit Sharma gets candid about IPL 2024
Meanwhile, in a chat with Jio Cinemas, Rohit was candid about his season, saying that he didn’t live up to his lofty standard but he did not overthink about it in order to stay in the right mindset and figuring out how to get out of the rut.
“As a batter, I know I didn’t live up to the standard. But, after playing for all these years, I know that if I overthink, I won’t play well,” he said.
“All I try is to stay in a good mindset, in the right zone, keep practicing, and improve on all the flaws in my game. That’s all I kept doing. Our season didn’t go according to plan. We blame ourselves for this because we made too many mistakes during the season. We lost many games that we should have won, but that’s the nature of the IPL. You get a few chances and when those chances come, you must grab them,” he added.
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