Even though MI are all but out of the playoff race in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, former cricketer Deep Dasgupta stated that Rohit Sharma would want to continue performing for his team. With 3 wins out of 11 games, MI is sitting pretty at the bottom of the table with 6 points and a net run rate of -0.356. To put it mildly, they have very little chance of making it to the playoff stage.
Mega auction coming soon
Dasgupta pointed out that Rohit Sharma needs to continue to perform with the bat in light of the fact that a mega auction is scheduled to take place prior to the upcoming IPL season.
“You are playing for the pride of the team, you are playing as a professional cricketer and you are playing for your pride as well. You don’t want to play a game and not want to perform. Everytime you cross the line, you want to do your best,” Dasgupta told Star Sports.
“Let’s not forget that next year is the big auction. This is the last few opportunities that all the professional cricketers have. Even if the team is not going to qualify, at least to put up a good show and tell everyone, ‘You know what, I am there’,” Dasgupta said.
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“He is such an integral part of the team since he is the captain, but he sets the tone as well at the top of the order. That’s what he has been doing for the last year and a half,” he added.
Rohit Sharma in IPL 2024
Former MI captain Rohit Sharma is having an average IPL 2024 season. To date in 11 games, Rohit has amassed 326 runs at a strike-rate of 154.50 and an average of 32.60, including a century against CSK at the Wankhede. While it is not the worst stat for an opener in a T20 tournament, when it comes to Rohit, the expectations increases many fold.
