Rohit Sharma To Leave Mumbai Indians; Set To Join LSG Before IPL 2025 - Reports
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Rohit Sharma could leave Mumbai Indians before IPL 2025 (Source - @mufaddal_vohra/X.com)
In groundbreaking speculation, Rohit Sharma, India's present ODI and Test captain, could leave Mumbai Indians (MI) before the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. As reported by Sports Yaari, Rohit is 'most probably' joining Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) ahead of the upcoming edition, which will make the five-time champions' job easy regarding their retention and RTM strategy.
Hardik Pandya To Stay As MI Captain
The report further added that Hardik Pandya will remain Mumbai Indians (MI) captain in IPL 2025. This means Hardik will have Suryakumar Yadav, India's full-time T20I captain under Gautam Gambhir, as a team member.
Jasprit Bumrah and Tilak Varma are expected to stay, while the decisions regarding Tim David and Ishan Kishan, among many other stars, will take place soon.
Regardless of speculations, it is important to note that nothing has been concrete yet. Now only time will tell what Mumbai Indians will do to solve out the tricky retention policies.
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When Did Rohit Sharma Join Mumbai Indians?
Rohit Sharma, one of IPL's most successful captains alongside MS Dhoni, joined Mumbai Indians in 2011. Since then, he led them win five IPL titles, in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. He was captain of the franchise till 2023 before Hardik Pandya was picked as his successor.
Over the years, Rohit has made 6628 runs in 257 IPL matches, with a strike rate reading 131.14. He averages 29.72, with the help of 50 half-centuries and two hundreds. He was in magnificent form in IPL 2024, having tallied 417 runs across 14 matches with a blistering strike rate of 150.
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