Mumbai Indians (MI) will be in action on 26 May 2023 when they will take on Gujarat Titans (GT) in the qualifier two of the ongoing IPL. GT suffered a loss in qualifier one while MI won the eliminator clash against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Akash Madhwal was the player of the match for his impressive bowling performance against LSG.
After a poor start to this season, MI managed to regain their form as the tournament progresses under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. Now, regarding his captaincy abilities, the former Team India cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar came up with a bold statement by claiming Rohit as an underrated skipper.
“He is underrated. The man has won five titles for Mumbai Indians." - Sunil Gavaskar on Rohit Sharma
While speaking to India Today, Gavaskar said: "If that had been CSK and Dhoni was the captain. Everybody would have said 'Dhoni plotted Nicholas Pooran's dismissal. This is what happens to a great extend. There is also a little bit of hype, things sometimes work out. Of course, he is underrated. The man has won five titles for Mumbai Indians." He wanted to say that it was Rohit’s masterplan to dismiss both Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran on the same over by changing the direction of bowlers.
If the same thing would have happened for CSK, then people would have given the whole credit to MS Dhoni. But, in the case of Rohit, the same thing not happened. After the victory over LSG, Rohit said: "I had definitely thought of making it
Here is how fans have reacted to the statement shared by Gavaskar:
Rohit is not credit stealer like Thala 🥲
— Rishi (@_4xrishi) May 26, 2023
kuki ye anchor ne pucha tha esliye bolna para . ye bhi likh de
— 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐌 𝐒 𝐃™🦁 (@SouravMsd) May 26, 2023
Dheere dheere sabko pata lagra hai ki GG bilkul sahi bolta tha credits ko leke
— Anik Biswas (@bigears112) May 26, 2023
Gavaskar blaming gavaskar
— Nishanth🦁CSK (@_nishanth18) May 26, 2023
Gavaskar Spilting factss 🔥🔥
— XYZ (@PAVbhajiisLOB) May 26, 2023
Thala fans come to abuse sunny sir
— anuj manocha (@anujmanocha45) May 26, 2023
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 bodied Dhoni
— Antimonitor (@antimonitor77) May 26, 2023
Bhudda baat to sahi bol raha hai CSK main haar cheek ka credit bus dhoni ko ….pata nahi yeh chaatna kab band karengay
— Stiffmeister (@chico91617929) May 26, 2023
Aray baff re , ye toh dhoti kol rahe hai.
— accurate predictor (@Accurateboy45) May 26, 2023