Published: May 02, 2025, 08:49 PM (IST)
Edited: May 02, 2025, 08:49 PM (IST)
Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif, who also used to feature for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), slammed the people who were criticising Rohit Sharma after the Mumbai Indians (MI) star secured a half-century fir the third consecutive time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
In the first six matches that he played, Rohit scored just 82 runs. However, he made a comeback during the clash against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), and reached a total of 293 runs by the time he had played 10 matches. Rohit’s highest score was 76 not out.
While speaking on his YouTube channel, Mohammad Kaif said that he has been monitoring Rohit Sharma for a long time and this is not the first time when Rohit has end the doubts in the minds of people. He said that Rohit plays like he is about to get dropped, but then plays big innings and silences all the critics.
“I have been seeing for so many years that people are after him, wanting to drop him. How many times have we seen this in Rohit Sharma’s career, where it seems as if this could be his last match, and he comes and scores 60-70. Whenever he scores runs, he will be the Player of the Match because he scores very quickly,” Kaif said on his YouTube channel.
“This is the story of every year. The pressure is at its peak for him. It seems like one more failure will get him dropped, and the cricket pundits are after him. He has three fifties in four matches. He made a comeback with such a bang, indicating that he shouldn’t be written off. He always answers with his bat,” Kaif added.
Rohit’s performance has also played a great role in MI’s IPL 2025 campaign as after witnessing a dismal beginning, the Hardik Pandya-led side made a great comeback and secured six consecutive victories. MI is currently at the second place in the points table as they have 7 victories (14 points) out of 11 matches they played in the tournament.
