Rumors of a break-up between Rohit Sharma and Mumbai Indians have been constantly doing the rounds ever since Hardik Pandya’s return to Mumbai Indians from Gujarat Titans and subsequently his appointment as team captain. Rohit Sharma has led Mumbai Indians to five IPL titles and is also the second most successful captain in the history of the tournament after MS Dhoni.
A recent post on social media by Bombay Indians has added more fire to the rumors. When the BCCI announced the squad for the five-match Test series against England, MI shared a post about the same on their ‘X’ handle.
However, the post featured KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Jasprit Bumrah, while Rohit Sharma It was nowhere on the poster. Rohit is the captain of the Indian cricket team and morally the vision of him should have been there on the post. MI fans were also stunned by the move and allege politics in the franchise.
Mumbai Indians post sparks breakup rumors between franchise and Rohit Sharma
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What do you think of the team, palan? 🤔#A family #INVENGE pic.twitter.com/lGreG3DeMU
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) January 13, 2024
Here’s how fans reacted to MI’s post:
Mumbai Indians don’t know how to respect their goat. I feel really bad for Rohit who dedicated almost his entire IPL career to ME. #A family #INDvsENG
– @vipin mishra 🇮🇳 (@viplnt) January 13, 2024
Rohit Sharma is captain of the Indian team + player of the Mumbai Indians, yet he is out of the poster🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/5OdVkthQi8
– Kirkett (@bhaskar_sanu08) January 13, 2024
@ImRo45 Please humble request to get out of this garbage franchise🚮
See 👀 The perfect example in the picture🖼 Other Gujarat titans of the franchise post the Indian team🇮🇳👨👨👧👧 with their captain and their Indian captain🇮🇳 Rohit Sharma, but this @mipaltan Published without images of Rohit Sharma🖼 pic.twitter.com/Wrs0mu7uFE-Ajay Gautam (@gautam_ajay007) January 13, 2024
As a Rohit fan I will unfollow this page and all Rohit fans should do the same. They are deliberately doing this for Rohit😭.
– Archer (@poserarcher) January 13, 2024
I understand that other franchises don’t use Captain Rohit’s face in their team announcement post, but I didn’t expect this from #A family 😂😂
Interesting times ahead
— Sæn (@TheHelmetPunch) January 13, 2024
Where is “A Family”? Are there any plans by Mumbai Indians to potentially drop Rohit Sharma from the team next year? It is disconcerting to see the Indian captain and his own successful leader excluded from the posters.
– Vipin Tiwari (@Vipintiwari952_) January 13, 2024
I didn’t expect this from #A family
Is the image of the Indian captain, who is also the only captain to have won an IPL title for MI, not on the poster? Oh really?—Sudharshan R (@rsudharshan95) January 13, 2024
Captain also fired from the posters💔
-msd_stan (@bdrijalab) January 13, 2024
Unreal hate for Rohit Sharma 😣
– Naveen (@_naveenish) January 13, 2024
Was Rohit also fired from POSTERS?
-Andleeb Akhtar🇮🇳 (@mr_akhtar17) January 13, 2024
Unreal hate for Rohit Sharma who won 5 ipl title, shame on Mumbai Indians. At least he deserves respect.
– @vipin mishra 🇮🇳 (@viplnt) January 13, 2024
A family 🤣
– Kabir (@Reykabiraa) January 13, 2024
Was Rohit also fired from POSTERS?
– @vipin mishra 🇮🇳 (@viplnt) January 13, 2024
What a pathetic franchise you are. Where is Rohit in your poster? He is the national captain. The worst franchise. He better play for a different team in this IPL. Operate ON
– Manas K Pradhan 🇮🇳 (@impmanaskumar) January 13, 2024
I understand that other franchises don’t use Captain Rohit’s face in their team announcement post, but I didn’t expect this from #A family 😂😂
Interesting times ahead.
Something weird– @vipin mishra 🇮🇳 (@viplnt) January 13, 2024
Rohit Sharma is an eminent part of the Indian cricket team and his tenure as Indian captain has been wonderful. Under Rohit’s captaincy, India have played well in the bilateral as always, while Rohit also led the team to the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022 and the finals of the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup.
However, the ICC title is far from Rohit Sharma’s hands and he will want to end this quest by winning the T20 World Cup 2024. Rohit stayed away from the T20Is after the disappointing defeat against England in the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022. .
Since then, India played the shortest international format with a young team and was led by Hardik Pandya. Hardik achieved great results as captain of the Indian team and won all the series that India played under his leadership. Pandya also led the Gujarat Titans to the IPL title in the inaugural edition of the tournament, while GT qualified for the final the other season.
Hardik Pandya was expected to lead the Indian team in the 2024 T20 World Cup if Rohit Sharma stayed away from the tournament. However, it was Hardik’s injury in the ODI World Cup and then Rohit’s comeback in the T20Is certainly made one thing clear: Rohit will only lead the Indian team in the upcoming ICC tournament.
Hardik Pandya is seen as Rohit Sharma’s successor as captain of the Indian team. Sharma was expected to step down from the captaincy after the ODI World Cup, but the BCCI has kept faith in him and he will lead the Indian team for a few more years.
India will play an important Test series against England starting on January 25. This series is part of the 2023-25 World Test Championship cycle and is also important for the Indian team to get another spot in the World Test Championship final.