"It’s all of us; We win together, we lose together"- Rohit Sharma delivers a passionate speech to his MI teammates

Mumbai Indians' skipper Rohit Sharma delivered a passionate speech to his team on Saturday, stating that no individuals are to be blamed for the three consecutive defeats that the five-time champions have suffered thus far in IPL 2022.

Mumbai have looked a pale shadow of their former self in the ongoing season, especially in the bowling department, which has failed to close out games on two out of three occasions.

The former champions' defeat to the Kolkata Knight Riders in their last fixture, where Pat Cummins hammered the likes of Daniel Sams into pieces to notch up a 14-ball half-century, is a perfect case in point.

However, Rohit has urged his teammates not to pin the blame on individuals and stick together as a unit. He has also urged his teammates to show a bit of desperation on the field during crunch moments.

He said, "We seriously cannot be blaming individuals here. It’s all of us. We win together; we lose together. That is as simple as that for me,”

“I think slight desperation is required from each one of us. That desperation is very, very, very important when we play, especially in this tournament. Because the opposition are different, they come up with different plans all the time. We just need to stay ahead of them. We just need to stay on top of them," he added.

"And the only way we can do that is by having that slight hunger and that desperation on the field – with the bat, with the ball,” said the five-time IPL-winning skipper.

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'We don't need to panic'- Rohit Sharma.

The opening batsman pinpointed some positives that his players can take from the first three outings besides urging them not to press the panic button yet.

"So we are doing some good things. All three games that we’ve played, we’ve done some really good things. It’s just that those little moments, and that indication, you know an individual has to understand, in that period of time when the game is happening,” he said.

“There will be an indication that ‘this is the over’. What we do in that over, those little, little things – that we need to try and squeeze that, and get it towards our side. Get that momentum towards our side,"

“We don’t need to panic. Honestly, we talk about talent, potential and everything in this room, but until we bring that desperation and hunger on the ground, oppositions are not going to hand us wins just like that.” Sharma added.

With the season still in its early stages, any side can make a comeback, and we have seen that on a number of occasions in the past. "There’s no point in putting our heads down at this point because it’s still early days. Still early days. And I feel that, in these three games that we’ve played, we’ve shown some character. It’s just that collectively, all 11 of us inside – whoever goes inside – need to come together,' said Rohit.

"That’s all. Let’s keep our heads up. I don’t think we need to look down and start worrying about things. Honestly, we don’t need to worry about things,”

“…I think it’s in there, what we want to achieve as a group. Again, this is not the bowling group or batting group; this is all of us here. We need to come together, not one or two individuals. Everyone needs to come together.” he added.

On Saturday evening, Mumbai will go up against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Pune as they search for their first win of the season.