After Mumbai Indians' (MI) abysmal form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season, all eyes are on skipper Rohit Sharma. Former England captain Michael Vaughan is of the opinion that Rohit has misfired during the ongoing campaign after he was made India’s captain in all formats.
“Rohit Sharma is an issue. Since he got the Indian job has not really done that (demonstrating going upwards), he has done a little bit of that (demonstrating going down). It would be a concern for me that Rohit has failed to use his India captaincy as a confidence boost for his game to go really up into the sky,” Vaughan said on the Cricbuzz show.
The five-time IPL champions are currently at the bottom of the table with zero points and a net run rate of -1.048. They have lost every one of the six games so far in the competition and are stuck at the bottom of the points table.
Although Mumbai are known for their slow starts in the IPL, it seems highly unlikely that they will be able to make it to the playoffs this time around. Vaughan admits that MI are leaving it past the point of no return, “They’re just not thinking right. They’re just not getting anything right. They are trying, they are giving it everything.
“They are probably tinkering a little bit too much but I’m afraid Mumbai this year we generally always know that they are going to come back and they leave it late but I think they are leaving it a little bit too late this year,” he added.
Mumbai will need to win all of their remaining eight matches in order to save themselves in the chase after the end of the season games. But Vaughan feels that the record IPL champions should utilize the rest of the season to track players who could perform for them in upcoming seasons. He also heaped praise on South African teenager Dewald Brevis.
“I have always loved them but they are just going to have a tough year, a year where they are going to try and maybe find one or two players. I think in Dewald Brevis, they have got a player that they can pretty much bank on for many, many years. They did the deal with Jofra Archer, he is not going to be there this year but again that’s good business going forward.”
Mumbai Indians will continue their search for a win when they clash with another out-of-form franchise, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on April 21.
