Mumbai Indians’ star batsman Rohit Sharma has shown signs of diminishing passion and intensity since the start of IPL 2025, raising concerns about the team’s chances in the playoffs. At 38, Rohit, who has retired from T20 Internationals and Test cricket, appears to be struggling to ignite the same fire that once made him one of the most formidable players in world cricket. His recent performances have been underwhelming, prompting former India cricketer Atul Wassan to issue a caution to the Mumbai franchise.
Rohit remains active only in ODIs on the international front, but in the IPL, the batter has yet to deliver the explosive performances expected from a player of his stature. With Mumbai Indians facing a crucial Eliminator match to keep their IPL 2025 title hopes alive, the timing couldn’t be tougher for the veteran.
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“𝑯𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅; 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅. 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈—𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻20 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑪𝒖𝒑, 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔—𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍,”
Wassan commented during his chat on the OTTplay app’s Bails and Banter.
Rumors had circulated about Rohit possibly leaving Mumbai Indians after the captaincy controversy during IPL 2024, but he stayed on for another season. However, the future of this partnership remains uncertain as Rohit’s continued commitment to the franchise is now in question.
Wassan added,
“𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒄𝒚. 𝑵𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍.”
In IPL 2025 so far, Rohit has accumulated 329 runs from 13 matches at an average of 27.42, a far cry from his peak form.
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