IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians coach Mark Boucher reveals 'what next for Rohit Sharma'
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Mumbai Indians coach Mark Boucher has revealed that he hasn't had many conversations with former skipper Rohit Sharma about the future. Boucher made the comments after MI's 18-run loss against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their last league match on Friday, May 17. With the loss, MI finished the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the bottom with just four wins in 14 games.
“I said, ‘what’s next for Rohit Sharma?’ He said to me, ‘the (T20) World Cup’. (And) that’s perfect. That’s all I need to know about what Rohit Sharma’s future is. For me, he’s a master of his own destiny. It’s a big auction next season. Who knows what’s going to happen? We’ll just have to take each day as it comes,” Boucher said on Friday after MI's 10th loss of the season.
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“To be honest, there hasn’t been many conversations about Rohit’s future at all. I spoke to him last night or the night before, just to do a little review of the season,” he added.
Notably Rohit, under whom MI had won their all five titles, was replaced by Hardik Pandya as the skipper ahead of the 2024 season.
The batter also spoke on the disappointing season and said after the game: "Our season didn't go according to plan. We blame ourselves for this because we made too many mistakes during the season. We lost many games that we should have won, but that's the nature of the IPL. You get a few chances and when those chances come, you must grab them."
Rohit scored 417 runs in 14 games at an average of 32 and strike rate of 150 and acknowledged his failure as well. He, however, finished the season in style, scoring 68 off 38 balls but MI failed to chase the target of 215 and could manage only 196/6 in 20 overs.
