Rohit Sharma: Team India captain and veteran batsman of IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma had made an excellent start to the 17th season of the Indian Premier League. He had scored 261 runs in the first 6 matches. During this period his strike rate was also 167. But after this, in the next 6 matches, Hitman was seen struggling even to touch double figures. Its effect has also been seen on the performance of his team. Meanwhile, a former veteran player of South Africa and Mumbai Indians has given a shocking statement regarding the poor performance of Rohit Sharma.

Former veteran held this responsible for poor performance

Shaun Pollock, who has been a part of Mumbai Indians in international cricket for South Africa and IPL, has analyzed Rohit Sharma's batting very closely this season. He believes that due to lack of captaincy, Rohit was batting with a free mind in the beginning of the season and his performance was good. But after this, due to being involved in activities related to Team India and T20 World Cup, he came under stress and his performance went down.

What did Shaun Pollock say?

Speaking to Cricbuzz, 50-year-old Shaun Pollock said, “Rohit will be disappointed by this. He started strongly. Some people were saying, 'Look, he is not the captain anymore, so he is coming back to his old form.' But at present they are continuously flopping. They have 2 more matches before the T20 World Cup. Hopefully he will return to form.”

He further said, “I believe there has been a lot of conversation over the last few weeks about trying to pick the Indian team. With the stress of finding the right balance as to which player should be selected, suddenly, you are back in captaincy mode. Announcing the team, going to the press conference, explaining why you have selected a certain player, it increases their stress.”

Such was the performance of Rohit Sharma

If we look at the overall performance of Rohit Sharma in IPL 2024, he has scored 330 runs in 12 matches at an average of 30.00 and strike rate of 152.78. During this period, he has also scored 1 century innings with his bat. It is noteworthy that before IPL 2024, the management of Mumbai Indians took a big decision and removed Rohit Sharma from the captaincy. In his place, Hardik Pandya was traded from Gujarat Titans and given the command of the team.