Former India opening batsman Navjot Singh Sidhu has spoken highly of star batsman Rohit Sharma, who currently plays for Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) praise. Rohit, who played for MI this season under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, was relieved of the captaincy before the start of the season. MI has lost two games to Gujarat Titans (GT) and SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in IPL 2024 so far. Rohit scored 43 and 26 points in these two games respectively.

Taking to social media platform X, Sidhu said MI is lucky to have a player like Rohit. He summed up Rohit’s lesson with one of his iconic poems.

“Even if an elephant is covered in dust, it still gets respect. Even wearing a gold chain on a dog doesn’t make it respectable,” Sidhu wrote in a video on X.

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— Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sherryontopp) March 30, 2024

Rohit is an absolute legend for Mumbai Indians. Since joining the team as a budding talent in 2011, Rohit has played 199 IPL matches in blue and gold, scoring 5,084 runs at an average of 29.39 and a strike rate of 129.86. He scored 100’s, 34’s and 50’s in 195 innings for MI with a best score of 109*.

After taking over the captaincy from Ricky Ponting in 2013, Rohit led the MI team into its golden period, winning the trophy five times in 10 years (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020) and Made the playoffs twice. Hardik Pandya replaced him as captain last year and after moving to the franchise, he had two great years with Gujarat Titans (GT), including a title-winning run in 2022 In the first season, become a star.

Rohit also won two Champions League T20 titles with MI as captain in 2011 and 2013. The ‘Hitman’ is the highest run-scorer in MI history with 5,357 runs in 208 games and 204 innings at an average of 29.59 and a strike rate of nearly 130, with 100s and 35 fifties in 204 innings. point.

MI will take on Rajasthan Royals in their next match on Monday.

(with ANI input)