The star Mumbai Indians (MI) opening batsman Rohit Sharma failed miserably with the bat in the ongoing match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Monday, March 31.
The 12th match of the IPL 2025 between the Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians and the Ajinkya Rahane-led Kolkata Knight Riders is currently underway at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
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Rohit Sharma endures his third failure on the trot
The Mumbai Indians (MI) opener Rohit has been going through a lean patch in the ongoing season of the marquee T20 league while playing as an impact player.
In the tournament opener against the Chennai Super Kings, he bagged a 4-ball duck as he was cleaned by the left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed.
The 37-year-old came up with a slightly better performance in the next match against the Gujarat Titans (GT) as he scored 8 runs off 4 balls. He was castled by the premier pacer Mohammed Siraj in the match.
Meanwhile, he had a great opportunity to play longer innings in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders at home as MI got a small target of 117 runs to chase.
However, Rohit disappointed his fans and Team MI again as he scored just 13 runs off 12 balls, before being dismissed by Andre Russell in the 6th over.
In his last 10 IPL innings, Rohit has scored just 141 runs, crossing 20 only once. Also, he extended his record for most dismissals for less than 20 runs in IPL as he now has 127 such scores in his name. He is followed by Dinesh Karthik (112), Shikhar Dhawan (94), and Virat Kohli (94) in the unwanted list.
Also, Rohit (24.83) has the second-lowest batting average by an opener in IPL since 2023, only behind retired Wriddhiman Saha (20.28).
Here’s How Fans On X Reacted To Rohit Sharma’s Flop Show Against KKR:
Fans on X were quite furious at Rohit after his flop show and criticized him heavily.
This meme never gets old.
Rohit Sharma is the most overrated player ever.#MIvsKKR pic.twitter.com/cFtDU88FlC
— Krishna. (@KrishVK_18) March 31, 2025
Dhoni’s Retirement Gimmick getting exposed. Rohit Sharma’s No value to the team without captaincy factor is getting exposed. Karma hitting back nicely to the real life Frauds
— DIKSHA^.^ (@KOHLIFL0WER) March 31, 2025
ROHIT SHARMA AT WANKHADE
For Country ☠️ For Money 😣 pic.twitter.com/yLUEkxz8sj
— 𝐉𝐨𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞 (@jod_insane) March 31, 2025
Rohit Sharma😭😭😭😭#MIvsKKR #MIvKKR #KKRvsMI #KKRvMI #RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/nuegM7KyZh
— Kedar (@Kedar_speaks88) March 31, 2025
Rohit Sharma was never made for cricket#RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/MNT8ZDvY1G
— Kedar (@Kedar_speaks88) March 31, 2025
The day isn’t far when Rohit Sharma will be sacked from Mumbai Indians permanently. That will be the most embarrassing moment for him.#MIvsKKR pic.twitter.com/UFWrBAXPBN
— Krishna. (@KrishVK_18) March 31, 2025
Impact player Rohit Sharma out on 13 off 12 balls in a chase of just 117.
The horror for Rohit continues. In 3 matches just 21 runs.#ViratKohli𓃵 #RohitSharma #IPL2025 #IPL #ipltickets #ShubmanGill #KKRvsMI #MIvKKR pic.twitter.com/gGW61WOGN1
— Dharma Watch (@dharma_watch) March 31, 2025
Every Rohit Sharma failure makes me fall in love with hate watching more and more
— FERRANSZN (@XAVIBAN21) March 31, 2025
Rohit Sharma is finished, he should take retirement #MIvsKKR
— Alok Mishra (@thenameis_alok) March 31, 2025
Rohit Sharma seems so disinterested playing this IPL 🤔🥲
— ANUJ SHARMA ❤🇮🇳 (@Anujj_Sharmaa) March 31, 2025
Rohit Sharma should seriously start a new journey with another IPL side. It doesn’t feel like MI and Rohit have any connection now. I might be wrong, but this is how it feels right now.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) March 31, 2025
Rohit Sharma needs to score runs, or else the team won’t function – Aakash Chopra
Speaking on his official YouTube channel ahead of the MI vs KKR match, the former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra had said that the star MI opener needs to step up with the bat.
He said that Rohit’s runs with the bat are important for Mumbai Indians to do well in the Indian Premier League 2025. He said:
“I feel these are the changes they need to make – Rohit Sharma needs to score runs, or else the team won’t function. He has scored a total of eight runs off eight balls in two matches, which is not good enough,” he said.
