Former India opener Aakash Chopra has backed Mumbai Indians’ Rohit Sharma to return out good with the bat within the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League. The seventeenth version of the T20 occasion will see Hardik Pandya main Mumbai Indians, as an alternative of earlier captain Rohit Sharma. Below the management of Rohit, MI received report 5 titles however the aspect in December final 12 months announce the huge change after roping in Hardik from Gujarat Titans throughout the switch window. Citing that there isn’t any burden of captaincy on Rohit, Chopra mentioned that the batter goes to attain over 600 runs in IPL 2024.

Rohit’s efficiency has been actually poor for the previous seven IPL seasons. From IPL 2017 to 2023, Rohit averaged 24.76 with the bat.

Whereas Mumbai received three titles between this era, Rohit’s contribution with the bat was effectively below-par. Nevertheless, Chopra feels that the upcoming season can be a unique one for him.

“You’ve launched Rohit Sharma from captaincy. If you discuss prime gamers like Rohit Sharma you see a 600 plus season. However no season appeared like that for him. This may very well be that season. As a result of there’s nothing to show per say, however there’s a lot to show. Kaptaan nahi hain toh phir todenge aisa lag raha hai mujhe (Since he’s not the captain, he’s going to pile quite a lot of runs),” mentioned Chopra on his YouTube channel.

IPL 2024 is about to start on March 22 with a match between defending champions Chennai Tremendous Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chepauk.

In the meantime, Hardik-led MI will lead tackle Gujarat Titans of their marketing campaign opener in Ahmedabad.

The BCCI has launched the schedule just for the primary 21 matches of IPL 2024, owing to the Lok Sabha Elections. The remaining schedule shall be introduced after the date for elections is out.