Follow UsWhile the Mumbai Indians (MI) would have hoped for Rohit Sharma to find his feet, the Mumbaikar has been extremely disappointing thus far in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Rohit has just scored 82 runs across seven games, averaging a disappointing 13.66, and has no half-centuries to his name.
Even when he’s gotten a brisk start, like 26 against SRH on April 17 (Thursday), the opener was unable to convert it into a half-century and comfortably take MI home. His inability to construct innings has triggered former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag, who has now revealed that ‘uska jaane ka time aa gaya (his time for retirement has come).’
"Ab uska jaane ka time aa gaya, [It's already time for him to retire], and before retiring, you would want to give fans something to remember you by, and not moments that force them to think, why are they not dropping him?” Sehwag told Cricbuzz.
Not just that, Sehwag also questioned Rohit’s IPL numbers over the last 10 years, stating that his early aggression ends up costing the team more than it has helped them at the IPL level.
“If you look at Rohit's IPL numbers in the last 10 years, he scored more than 400 runs only once. So he is not the kind of player who thinks that I need to score 500 or 700 runs. If he thinks, he might,” he added.
“When he became the Indian captain, he said that he wanted to be the player who wants to cash in on the powerplay and take the chances, so he wanted to make all the sacrifices alone, but he is not considering the fact that at the end of the day when he is not performing, it is your legacy that is getting hurt," Sehwag said.
Sehwag also warned Rohit against playing his ‘favourite’ pull shot early, before adding that who will explain it to him? Sehwag thinks it is a lost cause with no seniors in the MI setup.
“Take 10 balls extra, but at least play and give yourself a chance. He has been getting out to that pull shot many times against the back of the length deliveries. So he should decide that in one innings, he will not play the pull shot at all. But who will explain it to him? There should be someone telling him to play normal cricket. When I was there, Sachin, Dravid or Ganguly used to tell me to play normal cricket,” he added.