IPL 2023 – Times have not been easy for Rohit Sharma. The Mumbai Indians skipper has had his fair share of challenges in the ongoing IPL 2023. A poor start and him not being able to score runs is a big worry for the India team captain. However, former India coach Ravi Shastri has come on to defend Rohit Sharma. Shastri has opined that Sharma’s challenges in handling & managing the Mumbai Indians team has doubled over the years. And that is the specific reason why the most successful team in IPL are producing bad results. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 LIVE Updates on Insidesport.IN
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“The resources that you had two or three years ago isn’t quite the same. The challenges as a captain might have doubled for him. The work as a captain would have doubled as opposed to two years ago when everything was nice, set – go out there and do the job,” Shastri told ESPNcricinfo.
“And then comes the challenge of how do you get them [the team] going, how do you motivate that bunch, how do you create a combination, how do you see who is the best in that lot to fit in and deliver at a certain stage of the game.”
It has not been free flowing for MI over the last couple of years. The core set up was broken last year with key players moving out in the mega auction, while other have been plagued with injuries. While the Pandya brothers joined the new joinees Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants, other veterans like Kieron Pollard retired from the game.
Injuries have troubled MI. Jofra Archer who was bought for a big sum missed last year’s tournament. This year it is his counter part, Jasprit Bumrah who has been ruled out with a back surgery.
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As for Rohit Sharma, his form has been on a constant dip since the last year. MI finished at the bottom of the table last season with 4 wins and are currently placed 6th in the points table with 5 wins. Last season Rohit managed just 268 runs at a low average of 19. Things look bleak this season where the skipper has managed 184 runs.
Rohit in the previous game against CSK decided to demote himself down the order, but it proved futile. He came to bat at no.3 and was dismissed for a duck by Deepak Chahar.
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“If you start getting on a purple patch where you are scoring runs, the job as a captain becomes much easier, the body language on the field changes, that energy on the field is different as opposed to when you are not getting runs. You can go flat no matter who you are. That’s where, as a captain, it is more important that your performances come into play. It is harder now because of the stage of his career, the kind of team that they have,” said Shastri.
“The same team could be a terrific team in a year’s time or two years’ time, once they start gelling together. But to get that right mix, that’s the job of the captain,” he concluded.
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