After Rohit Sharma has been removed from his captaincy duties for Mumbai Indians, there have been many speculations regarding his future in the Indian Premier League.
The former Mumbai Indians batter Ambati Rayudu, who has been in the dressing room with Rohit on numerous occasions throughout his career, has offered his prediction on the IPL future of the former MI captain.
According to Rayudu, Rohit has the potential to continue playing in the IPL for the next 5-6 years. Rayudu suggested that Rohit has various opportunities available, emphasizing that he could potentially captain any team in the league.
“This year, Rohit should have continued captaining this year and Hardik, maybe after a year, could have been given that responsibility. Rohit is still captaining India in T2OIs. I personally feel that MI rushed into this decision but probably they know best. So, it will be difficult. Gujarat Titans had a different set-up. Captaining MI is not easy because there are so many star players on the team. There is too much pressure and not everyone can handle it,” Rayudu said in an interview with News24.
“Rohit can play for another 5-6 years. I want to see Rohit in CSK going forward. If he has to captain, he can do it anywhere in the world. But it’s up to him. He has played so many years for MI and won them titles. So if he goes there, why not,” added Rayudu.
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In place of Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians management has handed over the captaincy of the franchise to Hardik Pandya who earlier acted as skipper for Gujarat Titans. However, Hardik started his IPL career with MI back in 2015 and since then he has been the pillar of MI’s success over the years.
