'It's Already Time for Rohit To Retire': Virender Sehwag

Rohit Sharma, who led the Mumbai Indians to a record five IPL titles, is struggling with his poor form in the ongoing IPL. The Mumbai Indians legend has scored only 82 runs in six innings at an average of 13.66. Meanwhile, Virender Sehwag, the former India cricketer, suggested amidst ongoing discussions that Rohit should consider retiring from this format.

“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," Sehwag told Cricbuzz recently. “Ab unke jaane ka samay hain, (It’s now time for him to retire), and before retiring, you would want to give fans something to remember you by, and not moments that force them to think, why are they not dropping him,” the former India opener reportedly added.

"He has been getting out to that pull shot many times against the back of the length deliveries. So he should decide that in one innings he will not play the pull shot at all, Sehwag said. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 17, Rohit Sharma scored 26 runs off 16 balls, which marks his highest score in the current IPL season. Meanwhile, the Mumbai Indians' are currently seventh in the points table with three wins from seven matches.