CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan talks about Rohit Sharma’s franchise business

Rohit has captained in 158 IPL matches, winning 87 matches, losing 67 matches and four matches ending in a draw, with a win percentage of 55.06.

New Delhi: After Hardik Pandya’s comeback to Mumbai Indians, many rumors and reports are floating around the internet and a new rumor is doing the rounds that Chennai Super Kings will trade Rohit Sharma after a mini-auction.

Hardik’s appointment as Rohit’s successor in MI has created a stir among fans and fellow cricketers and it seems all is not well in MI. Some reports claim that Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav are not happy with the franchise. The reports came with a hint that there could be a possible trade that could see at least one of Rohit, Surya or Bumrah move to another team.

However, Mumbai Indians denied all these rumors and also denied that the franchise approached them to trade for Rohit. One of the teams was reportedly Chennai Super Kings, but franchise CEO Kasi Viswanathan lashed out.

Speaking to Cricbuzz on the sidelines of the IPL 2024 auction in Dubai on Tuesday, Viswanathan explained that CSK does not believe in the principle of trading players, nor do they have players who can actually trade with other five-time IPL winners .

“We basically don’t swap players and we don’t have any players to swap with Mumbai Indians. We have not approached them and have no intention of doing so,” he said.

It also marks the end of an era – of Rohit’s 10-year reign during which he captained Mumbai and led them to five IPL titles in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. Rohit has emerged as an astute leader since taking over midway. by Ricky Ponting in the 2013 IPL season and received high 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 a win percentage of 55.06.