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Virender Sehwag's recent remark on Rohit Sharma suggests he has lost hope in former Mumbai Indians skipper amidst his lean patch in the ongoing IPL 2025. For over a decade, Rohit Sharma has captivated fans with his stylish and powerful batting. However, his recent dip in form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has led to a lot of discussion, with former cricketers like Virender Sehwag and Manoj Tiwary openly raising concerns about his performances.
Rohit's journey in the IPL has been a mix of highs and lows. While he stands out as one of the most successful captains in the league's history, having led the Mumbai Indians (MI) to an impressive five titles, his personal batting performances have lacked consistency at times. In the current IPL 2025 season, Rohit is going through a torrid run. In the first two matches, he's only managed to score 8 runs. This includes a particularly disappointing dismissal against Gujarat Titans (GT), where Mohammed Siraj bowled him out for just four runs.
This underwhelming beginning to the season comes on the heels of a rather disappointing IPL 2024 campaign for Rohit. Even though he did manage to score a single century, he generally struggled to make an impact with the bat. His difficulty in consistently delivering those big scores has led many to wonder if he can still be considered a reliable pillar of the MI batting lineup.
How can you hope for this to happen now when Rohit Sharma is at the last part of his career?: Virender Sehwag
Former cricketers Sehwag and Tiwary haven't held back in their assessment of Rohit's recent IPL form. Speaking on Cricbuzz, Tiwary said that despite Rohit's undeniable talent, placing him among the greats of Indian cricket, he has never actually had an IPL season where he scored between 600 and 700 runs throughout his 18-year career in the league. He pointed out that Virat Kohli has achieved this milestone on several occasions, drawing a stark contrast in their consistent high-scoring seasons.
“Look, I’m telling you, I don’t want to be tough, but I must be. For some players, you have to be. Look, it’s high time Rohit Sharma got back among the runs. The ability of a player like Rohit Sharma is not 400. Last season, he scored 400, he hit a century, that’s fine. But where is the 800-900 season? Rohit is just not able to have these types of seasons. Why does Virat Kohli always score? You tell me. It’s equally good. It’s equally good, but there should be a season where Rohit scores 600-700,” Tiwary said
Sehwag chimed in with a similar thought, suggesting that at this point in Rohit's career, it might be unrealistic for fans to expect those kinds of high-scoring, prolific seasons from him anymore.
“What Manoj Tiwary said about Rohit Sharma, where is that season? Isn’t it too late for this type of season to come (laughs)? We are also his fans, but we are just asking where the season of 600-700 runs is. When has Rohit Sharma done that? It has been 18 years, when it has not happened in 18 years, how can you hope for this to happen now when he is at the last part of his career?” Sehwag added.
Rohit Sharma's dipping form in IPL
Looking at Rohit's IPL career, he's only crossed the 400-run mark in a season eight times. His most successful run was back in 2013, the year Mumbai Indians clinched the title, when he scored an impressive 538 runs with an average of 38.42 and a strike rate of 131.54. Considering his IPL performance over the last five seasons, his current slow start in IPL 2025 isn't entirely unexpected. In fact, in those previous five editions, Rohit only managed to surpass the 400-run mark once, and that was just last season, a year that saw the Mumbai Indians unfortunately finish at the bottom of the league table. Breaking it down further, in the last five seasons, Rohit's scores were 332 runs in 2020, 381 runs in 2021, a lower 268 runs in 2022, another 332 runs in 2023, and 417 runs in 2024. Even in the IPL 2024 season, his overall stats would have looked considerably worse if he hadn't scored that memorable century against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Wankhede Stadium.
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