Rohit Sharma can be pushed down the order by the Mumbai Indians: Anjum Chopra

Rohit Sharma, the former captain of the Mumbai Indians (MI), has only scored 56 runs at a pitiful average of 11.20 from five innings. He has been completely out of character, and what is even more worrisome is that his dismissals haven’t followed any pattern. In order to get back among the runs, he cannot concentrate on any one spot or evade any one shot. In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, the five-time champions have also had a difficult start. Out of their first six games, they have only won two and lost four games.

According to Anjum Chopra, a former captain of India, Rohit Sharma batting difficulties have prevented Mumbai from taking the lead in the 2025 Indian Premier League.

She added that the team captained by Hardik Pandya might try to move Rohit Sharma lower in the batting order to allow other batsmen to open.

“You may not be in your best form. Being out of style is not a crime. It’s not helping, and it’s not giving Mumbai Indians the start they want or need at the top, according to the sole theory. According to India Today, Anjum stated, “They have options, so they can always look at pushing Rohit Sharma down the order or not using all those options are always there.”

However, it’s not that Rohit Sharma isn’t playing well; rather, it’s because occasionally you don’t get off to a strong start in a tournament, which can have an impact on you as a player or hitter. It’s part and parcel, then. We watch a tournament as if it were the World Cup or the Indian Premier League. But tell me, would you prefer it if your best batter was playing well during a World Cup? And doing that kind of performance takes a lot of energy,” she said.

On Sunday, April 13, the Mumbai Indians got back to winning ways by defeating the Delhi Capitals by 12 runs, snapping the Axar Patel-led team’s four-match IPL 2025 winning streak. When MI hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday, they will play again.