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Rohit Sharma MI Captain: WATCH Viral Video as Mumbai Indians players pay TRIBUTE on ten-year anniversary of Rohit captaining five-time champions for 1st time ever

Rohit Sharma MI Captain: WATCH Viral Video as Mumbai Indians players pay TRIBUTE on ten-year anniversary of Rohit captaining five-time champions for 1st time ever

Rohit Sharma MI Captain: April 24, 2023 was a special day for India but it was doubly special for Mumbai Indians. The day not just marked the great Sachin Tendulkar turning 50, it also marked the ten-year anniversary of Rohit Sharma captaining Mumbai Indians for the first time ever. As the Mumbai Indians return to […]

Rohit Sharma MI Captain: April 24, 2023 was a special day for India but it was doubly special for Mumbai Indians. The day not just marked the great Sachin Tendulkar turning 50, it also marked the ten-year anniversary of Rohit Sharma captaining Mumbai Indians for the first time ever. As the Mumbai Indians return to the Wankhede Stadium to take on Rajasthan Royals on Sunday, the team and coaching staff spoke about captain Hitman Rohit Sharma’s decade at the helm. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN

 

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Kieron Pollard, the team’s batting coach and one of the players in the MI setup, when Rohit took over captaincy in the middle of the season in 2013, said, “He’s grown as a leader. I mean he’s grown into leadership. Obviously, it was entrusted onto him in 2013 in the middle of a season. He was still pretty young at that point in time.”

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Pollard said that inspite of being young when he first took charge, Rohit was a quick learner and always showed leadership potential. “That shows you that a person has a great acumen of what he can accomplish and we are lucky to have him as a leader. He has a wealth of experience, so it’s a matter of tapping into that and continuing to see him grow.”

 

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Terming Rohit’s career so far as “incredible”, bowling coach Shane Bond emphasised the impact that Rohit has had as a personality. “He’s such a big personality around our group, on and off the field and particularly in leading this team to where we are now, he has done a brilliant job.”

Suryakumar Yadav, said that Rohit’s numbers as captain speak for themselves and his journey with MI has been an incredible story. “Here we are in his 10th year as captain. So obviously 10 years as captain, that too for a franchise like Mumbai Indians. I think it is a very, very big achievement. It’s a story in itself. He’s brought so much glory for the franchise, winning five trophies under his captaincy.”

Ishan Kishan highlighted Rohit’s contribution to the team as captain, “Winning 5 Championship as Captain is a great achievement. I know how he is as a captain, he’s done so much for the team.”

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Australian all-rounder Cameron Green credited Rohit as a key factor in the team’s legacy, saying, “The success that Mumbai have had, a lot of that is to do with him.”

Rohit’s way of dealing with youngsters and the way he conducts himself in a team environment make him a great leader, feels fielding coach James Pamment. “A great strength of his is that he encourages the young Indian players very well. Captains just know how to pull the strings and that’s one of the things Rohit has done extremely well from being a very young captain when he first won the championship to maturing in the job. In a big competition like this, he’s got a nice manner about him,” Pamment said.

Rohit Sharma captaincy record in IPL
Year Matches Won Lost Win % Final position
2013 13 10 3 77 Champion
2014 15 7 8 47 Eliminator
2015 16 10 6 63 Champion
2016 14 7 7 50 5
2017 17 12 5 71 Champion
2018 14 6 8 43 5
2019 15 10 5 67 Champion
2020 12 8 4 67 Champion
2021 13 7 6 54 5
2022 14 4 10 29 10
2023 7 3 4 43 TBC
Overall 150 84 66 56

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