Former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull feels that Mumbai Indians can have the out-of-form captain Rohit Sharma in the squad and continue to win the game. He gave example of Shane Watson and reminded of CSK management’s strategy of carrying him through in IPL 2018.
Rohit Sharma has been going through a rough patch in the IPL which is also a concern for Indian fans now. On Tuesday he was yet again dismissed for 7 runs off 8 balls. Despite that, Mumbai Indians managed to chase down 200 runs in just 16.3 overs against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. So while speaking to Cricbuzz, Simon Doull opened up about how the Chennai Super Kings backed an out-of-form Shane Watson in IPL 2018. “When a team keeps winning without a player scoring runs, they can still continue to trust that player. This is what CSK did with Watson (in 2018). They carried him through the tournament, and he repaid the faith in the final.”
He also added, “Loved the way Ishan went about hitting in the powerplay. But it’s just not working for Rohit. Now what happens if Tilak Varma is fit? You can’t drop Nehal Wadhera now.”
However, the main man for Mumbai Kings was Suryakumar Yadav. His knock of 35-ball 83 took the game away from Virat Kohli’s RCB. Dhull commented on the kind of season is having. He explained, “It has been a season of two halves for him (SKY). The last four-five games that he has had have been just unbelievable. All the sixes were great, but the way he waited on a slower delivery outside off stump and timed it through point, shows that he has the game to wait, assess and still play the shot.”
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