Fact check: Ganguly, DC ready to trade Rohit Sharma from Mumbai Indians
Rumors are rife that Sourav Ganguly is upset over Mumbai Indians’ treatment of Rohit Sharma and is ready to trade him to Delhi Capitals.
New Delhi: Rumors of Rohit Sharma leaving Mumbai Indians have been the biggest buzz on social media since five-time IPL winning franchise Mumbai Indians appointed the star all-rounder as the new MI skipper for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League 2023. such a big rumor is that Rohit will join the Delhi Capitals.
A quote said to be from Delhi Capitals mentor Sourav Ganguly is going viral on the internet saying, “Mumbai Indians messed with Rohit Sharma. He made that franchise famous. We are ready to induct Rohit Sharma into our team.”
However, India.com discovered that this is a fake quote. Neither Sourav Ganguly nor anyone from the Delhi capital’s management has said anything like that. There were reports that DC had approached MI during the trade window for Rohit, but Mumbai turned it down, but no one from the DC camp made any comment against the Mumbai-based franchise or a possible swap of the Indian skipper.
During the IPL 2024 auction, a senior MI official confirmed that Rohit will be staying with Mumbai Indians. “Rohit isn’t going anywhere, and no player will. The news reports are completely fake and false. No MI player will leave us nor be traded by us,” a senior Mumbai Indians official told Cricbuzz on the sidelines of the IPL 2024 auction in Dubai.
“Every player was taken into confidence before the decision was made. Rohit has also been informed and he is a big part of the decision-making process,” the official added.
However, IPL 2024 will bring an end to Rohit’s 10-year reign as leader of Mumbai Indians and winning five IPL trophies in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. Rohit has emerged as an astute leader since he reached the halfway mark of the IPL Ricky Ponting took over in the 2013 season and received much praise for quickly implementing changes to bowling and fielding placement, with an emphasis on being tactically sharp and firmly controlling the flow of play. .
In total, Rohit captained in 158 IPL matches, winning 87 matches, losing 67 matches and four matches ending in a draw, with his win percentage standing at 55.06.
Mumbai Indians also had a great time at the auction table, adding some really big names like Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka and Mohammad Nabi to their roster, along with some good young talent.
Mumbai Indians IPL 2024 Squad: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka , Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Aldushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma