The Indian Premier League started in 2008. 16 seasons have passed. The 17th season of the Indian Premier League is going to start from 22th March. The excitement and frenzy around IPL 2024 is taking over the nation. In this peak time it has come to our sources that ‘hitman’ Rohit is not playing in this season. Rohit was removed from the captaincy of his team Mumbai Indians during this season’s IPL auction. In this regard, Mumbai Indians’ global head of performance Mahela Jayawardene said, “(That decision was taken) as part of building (Mumbai’s) heritage.” Also to fulfill the theory that Mumbai Indians believe in preparing for the future (such a decision has been taken).’
Rohit is away from this season’s IPL Storm
Accordinging to the reports, Rohit Sharma will not participate in the first phase of Indian Premier League 2024, due to personal reasons. There is a possibility of him not playing this season’s IPL as well. This season’s IPL is full of unexpected events. Just when the talks about Rohit and Hardik came to an end, this news came. Rohit Sharma had to give away his captaincy of Mumbai Indians(MI) to Hardik Pandya. Pandya led Gujrat Titans as a captain for the past two years but now he is back in the team, with the huge responsibility of leading MI.
It is impossible to think of Mumbai Indians without Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma’s leadership has been synonymous with Mumbai Indians’ success. Mumbai Indians have achieved five IPL titles under the sharp captaincy of Rohit in the years 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020. He is the most successful leader in the IPL history. Apart from his legacy as a captain, Rohit Sharma has also left an indelible mark with the bat as an individual player.
Rohit will be back ionthe field in T20 men’s World Cup 2024. It has been confirmed by the BCCI secretary Jay Shah that Rohit will be leading the Indian team this year. After losing the previous year’s ODI World Cup Final at home, Rohit was away from captaincy but made a comeback in January against Afghanistan Now it has been sealed that he will be leading the team for this year’s match.
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