Rohit Sharma and his squad will be eager to bounce back in the upcoming 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League after enduring a forgetful season last year. Mumbai Indians will kickstart their campaign in the upcoming season with a thrilling clash against Virat Kohli-starer Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
With the upcoming season, Rohit Sharma will also complete 10 years as the captain of the Mumbai Paltan in the cash-rich league this season.
Ahead of Mumbai’s opening clash against RCB, former Indian skipper Anil Kumble talked about Mumbai’s title-winning seasons under the leadership of Rohit, who is the most successful captain in the IPl history, having led his side to 5-IPL titles ever since the inception of the elite tournament.
Speaking to Jio Cinema, Rohit said: “He was not afraid to say what he had to say. He had plenty of experience around him and he reached out to them as well but then but took his own decisions. That’s what you want from a captain. 2017 was a new team and the kind of captaincy we saw from him in terms of defending low scores, that’s when your true leadership comes out,”
Anil Kumble Made A Special Request
Further, Kumble also made a special request to Rohit ahead of the IPL 2023. Kumble feels senior batter Rohit should bat at the No. 4 position in the IPL 2023 instead of opening the innings. He said:
“Especially with the current MI team, you need that experience in the middle order. There are some wonderful batters that MI possess, but I think someone like Rohit Sharma in the middle, controlling seven to fifteen overs is extremely critical,”
Last season, Rohit Sharma opened the innings for Mumbai Indians along with the talented youngster Ishan Kishan, however, he endured a worst-possible season. Rohit failed to register a single 50-plus score in the previous edition of the celebrated tournament.
Mumbai Indians Squad:
Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Jofra Archer, Tim David, Mohd Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Tristan Stubbs, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Cameron Green, Jhye Richardson, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad:
Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Siraj, Faf Du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmad, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, David Willey, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Micheal Bracewell
