Lucknow: The most controversial topic of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 has been the removal of Rohit Sharma from the captaincy of Mumbai Indians (MI). The franchise removed Rohit, who had won the title 5 times, and appointed star all-rounder Hardik Pandya as its captain. However, Mumbai's decision backfired heavily on them as the team was out of the race for the playoffs this season. Even MI is the first team to be out of the top-4 race. After this controversy, Rohit himself has indicated that he may retire from IPL.
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Actually, Mumbai team has to play its next match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday at Eden Garden. A video of Rohit has surfaced from this match, in which he can be heard saying that this is my last. Let us tell you that Kolkata shared a video on its official X account in which Rohit and KKR coach Abhishek Nair were seen talking to each other.
In this video, Rohit says that “Everything is changing, it is up to him. Whatever is there is my home, brother, I have made it a temple. Brother what about me, this is my last video.” However, when this video started going viral on social media, KKR deleted this video from its account. In this, Rohit can be heard saying that this is his last video but it is not confirmed whether the discussion here is about IPL or anything else. Not only this, the conversation between these two is not heard completely clearly but the same claim is being made on social media.
Watch the video here-
Let us tell you that the 37-year-old made Mumbai champion 5 times under his captaincy, but despite this the franchise removed him from the captaincy. So this season he is playing as a batsman and had performed brilliantly in the first few matches. However, in the last few matches, Rohit has not batted and he has been seen struggling in batting. In such a situation, Hitman would like to return to form by playing a big innings against KKR because now less than a month is left for the start of ICC World Cup 2024. In such a situation, Sharma would like to gain form and go to the World Cup.
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