So will Rohit leave Mumbai Indians and join Kolkata?, shocking claim of former Pakistani cricketer

IPL 2024: The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is now slowly moving towards its peak. Mumbai Indians has become the first team to be out of the playoff race. Meanwhile, former Pakistan bowler Wasim Akram has given a big statement regarding Rohit Sharma. The former Pakistani fast bowler claimed that the Hitman will leave Mumbai Indians in the next season.

Rohit will not be a part of MI team next season: Akram

Before this season, Mumbai Indians had removed Rohit Sharma from the captaincy and handed over the command to Hardik Pandya. However, fans expressed their displeasure against him. Now, former Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram, who was recently associated with the Kolkata Knight Riders team, has expressed concern about the change in the captaincy of Mumbai Indians. Akram has claimed that Rohit will not be a part of Mumbai Indians in the next season. If this happens then I would like to see Rohit playing for Kolkata Knight Riders team.

In such a situation, Kolkata's batting has become stronger.

Apart from this, the former Pakistan fast bowler said, 'Imagine that Rohit is opening for the Kolkata team. Gautam Gambhir is there as mentor and Shreyas Iyer is there as captain. If this happens then how strong will Kolkata's batting be? Rohit can bat effectively not only in Kolkata but on any pitch. He is a great player. I would love to include him in the Kolkata team. On the question of stepping down from the post of captain of Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma had earlier said that see, if life goes on like this. Everything may not go as you expected. However, the experience was memorable.

Mumbai out of playoff race

Mumbai Indians are ninth in the points table with eight points. On Wednesday, Hyderabad strengthened its position in the playoff race by defeating Lucknow and ousting Mumbai. The maximum score a team can reach is 12 points. Mumbai's net run rate is also very low. 12 points are not enough to reach the playoffs. MI will have to wait longer for their sixth IPL title. Mumbai team won the fifth IPL trophy in 2020.