[WATCH]- Rohit Sharma Shares Batting Tips With Team India Opener Post MI vs SRH IPL 2025 Clash

Mumbai Indians (MI) veteran Rohit Sharma was spotted engaging in a conversation with SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) opener Abhishek Sharma following their IPL 2025 encounter on Thursday, April 17, at the Wankhede Stadium. A video circulating on social media shows the former MI captain animatedly offering batting advice to the left-hander, using expressive hand movements.

Both players had mixed outings during the match, which MI won by four wickets — marking their third win of the season. Abhishek looked promising, scoring 40 off 28 balls before being dismissed by MI skipper Hardik Pandya in the eighth over, just as he was starting to accelerate.

Rohit made a brisk start himself, clearing the ropes thrice, but was eventually dismissed for 26 off 16 balls by a full toss from SRH captain Pat Cummins. You can watch the video here:

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Hardik Pandya won the toss and led from the front with some smart captaincy, rotating his bowlers effectively to hold SunRisers Hyderabad to 162 on a challenging pitch. Despite a valiant effort from Pat Cummins, who impressed with figures of 3 for 26, the visitors fell short of a defendable total.

“He doesn’t play with the mindset of scoring 500-700 runs” – Virender Sehwag on Rohit Sharma

In a post-match chat with Cricbuzz, former India opener Virender Sehwag criticized Rohit Sharma for another low score, expressing disappointment over his inability to convert starts into big innings. Sehwag remarked:

“If you look at Rohit’s IPL numbers in the last 10 years, he scored more than 400 runs only once. So he is not the kind of player who thinks that I need to score 500 or 700 runs. If he thinks, he might.”

“When he became the Indian captain, he said that he wanted to be the player who wants to cash in on the powerplay and take the chances, so he wanted to make all the sacrifices alone, but he is not considering the fact that at the end of the day when he is not performing, it is your legacy that is getting hurt.”

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