WTC Final 2023: After Mumbai Indians and Indian captain Rohit Sharma registered his 16th IPL duck and continued his woeful run in the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL 2023) season, Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar has said that Rohit should “drop out of IPL 2023”. Sharma set an unwanted record of becoming the batsman with most ducks in the history of the league. Gavaskar said, “I would say that Rohit should maybe take a break for the time being, and keep himself fit for the World Test Championship final.” Follow WTC Final 2023 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN
Rohit Sharma in T20 Tournaments since 2016 :
122 Innings
21 avg
121 Strike Rate
20 ducks pic.twitter.com/YEeyXAqlIz— S. (@Sobuujj) May 6, 2023
The World Test Champion Final 2023 between India and Australia is scheduled to be held at the Oval in London from June 7-11.
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Gavaskar on Rohit’s poor run
Batting great Sunil Gavaskar feels the out-of-form India skipper Rohit should take a break from the IPL and instead prepare in earnest for the upcoming World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia.
Gavaskar believes the confidence of Rohit has been hurt after a prolonged run of poor scores in the T20 league.
Speaking on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “I would say that Rohit should maybe take a break for the time being, and keep himself fit for the World Test Championship final. He can come back again for the last few matches, but right now, (he should) take a little bit of a breather himself.”
Rohit’s barren run with the willow continued as Chennai Super Kings broke a 13-year-old home jinx against Mumbai Indians with an easy six-wicket victory at the Chepauk on Saturday.
The Indian skipper’s horrid run in IPL since the last edition continued as he failed to trouble the scorer for the second match in succession, leading to MI settling for a below-par 139 for eight against CSK.
It was a forgettable outing for Mumbai Indians and the biggest setback for them was the current form of their skipper, who was dismissed within the powerplay for the eighth time in this edition of the league.
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