Rohit Sharma on Sunday accomplished 12 years with Indian Premier League (IPL) facet Mumbai Indians, the franchise revealed on its official Twitter account.
In the primary IPL mega public sale in Bengaluru, Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings and the now defunct Deccan Chargers have been in a three-way tussle to safe the Hitman’s providers.
Mumbai would win the race and Rohit repaid their religion by captaining the franchise to 5 IPL titles (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020) and two Champions League T20 titles (2011 and 2013).
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Celebrating 1️⃣2️⃣ years of probably the most profitable and revered IPL captain 🧢 🏆#a household #DilKholKe @ImRo45 https://t.co/JaF8eswecQ
– Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) January 8, 2023
He can also be the very best run scorer for MI as nicely with 4982 runs (IPL + CL T20) for MI. Rohit gained the participant of the match award within the 2015 IPL ultimate after scoring a 26-ball 50, serving to the workforce attain an enormous 200+ in opposition to Chennai Super Kings.
He has probably the most runs, most fours, most 50+ scores, most MoM awards that are all Mumbai Indians information and has the second most wins in IPL as captain (81 wins in 143 matches).
“The Victory Parade started in 2013 and we went on winning title after title. This is Rohit’s 13th year. There’s something about this number. As we enter it, there is just this feeling all around that something special is about to happen. Come on Rohit, it’s time to bring home #6. But before that, congratulations and thanks to each and every one of these past 12 years,” MI mentioned within the assertion.
In IPL 2022, Mumbai completed on the backside of the desk with solely 4 wins and 10 losses from 14 matches. They can be hoping to right their course on this version and Rohit’s contribution can be paramount.
The Hitman will subsequent be seen when he captains the Indian workforce in opposition to Sri Lanka within the upcoming 3-match ODI sequence beginning on Tuesday.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
