Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma has been struggling to find his form in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 36-year-old has been able to score only 184 runs in 10 matches played in IPL 2023 so far at a poor average of 18.40 including one half-century.
In MI’s previous game against Chennai Super Kings at M.A Chidambaram Stadium, Rohit got out for a duck of three balls and made an unwanted record in front of his name. Rohit has now the most ducks in the history of IPL, with 16 to his name. Former Indian cricketer K Srikkanth slammed Rohit for his poor run in IPL 2023 and made a controversial statement about him during his commentary stint for Star Sports during CSK vs MI clash.
“Not Hit Sharma”. Rohit Sharma should change his name to ‘NO HIT SHARMA’, I will not even play him in XI if I was Captain of MI,” said Srikkanth as quoted by News 18. However, his statement didn’t go well with so many fans as well as the former cricketer Aakash Chopra who took his Twitter to take an indirect dig at Srikkanth for his statement. “When former cricketers assume the role of ‘trollers’, you know that it’s hit the lowest ebb. Nadir,” Chopra wrote on his Twitter.
CSK registered a convincing victory over MI
Talking about the match, CSK registered their second over MI in IPL 2023 after defeating them by 6 wickets in match number 49 of the season. Batting first MI posted a total of 139 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Nehal Wadhera was the top scorer for MI who took the innings forward with wickets falling regularly from the other end. The 22-year-old got out after scoring 64 runs off 51 balls with eight fours and a maximum. While for CSK, Player of the Match Matheesha Pathirana scalped 3 wickets by conceding just 15 runs in his four overs.
In reply, CSK chased the winning total in 17.4 overs losing 4 wickets, powered by Devon Conway’s 44-run knock off 42 balls. With this win. CSK jumped to the second position in the points table with six wins from 11 matches. While MI stay in the sixth position by winning five out of the 10 matches played so far.
