Mumbai Indians batting coach Kieron Pollard has burdened that the dressing room by no means misplaced religion in Rohit Sharma’s skill with the bat and Hardik Pandya’s captaincy.
“We always had that belief that he’s (Rohit) going to come good. There are dips, there’s low confidence. But for someone who has played this sport for a long time, you have these moments and sometimes you just need that extra support from people,” Pollard mentioned on Saturday.
“Now, we are singing his praises; we are all very happy. In the Mumbai dressing room, we were happy at the start as well, knowing that it was going to happen and long may it continue so the headlines are going to be about that.”
Rohit’s consecutive fifties – a primary since IPL 2016 – have been instrumental in elevating MI into top-four during the last week.
Similarly, Hardik has additionally appeared a lot settled this IPL after going through flak all by the 2024 version.
“He is enjoying cricket, as we have all seen from international cricket, (from) winning World Cup to Champions Trophy to everything. It’s (about) an individual that has gone through a lot,” Pollard mentioned.
“For me personally, not getting in too much depth, it’s great to see a human being that has been challenged in different facets – of not only cricket but of life – come out and continue to show what cricket and what winning means to him.”
“We are all human beings in this world so sometimes we need to give a bit of leeway to some individuals at certain time.”
Published – April 26, 2025 06:25 pm IST
