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‘Ye to dhaga khol raha hai’ – Fans react as Matthew Hayden slams Rohit Sharma for poor-run in IPL 2023

Published on May 31, 2023

Former Australia all-rounder Matthew Hayden slammed Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma for his poor form in IPL 2023. The five-time champions MI were handed over a 62-run in Qualifier 2 in Ahmedabad by the defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT) and missed the chance to make it into their seventh IPL final.

MI seemed to be struggling to get into the playoffs in the first half of the tournament but made a great comeback in the second half and finished the league stage by standing fourth at the points table. Throughout the season, there have been tremendous batting performances from MI along with the likes of Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Cameron Green, and Tim David.

Star batter Suryakumar Yadav also didn’t had a great start to the season but got his touch back after a few matches and went on to smash his maiden IPL century against GT. However, the skipper Rohit Sharma didn’t had a memorable season as he only scored 332 from 16 matches at an average of 20.75, including two fifties. He couldn’t find his touch even in Qualifier 2 as Mohammed Shami dismissed him on 8 runs off seven balls.

‘Never saw Rohit Sharma performing when his team needs him the most’ – Hayden

Matthew Hayden, who was doing commentary that time expressed his disappointment on the MI skipper, adding that he never performs when his team needs him the most. “Never saw Rohit Sharma performing when his team needs him the most, whether it’s for India or MI,” Hayden said during his commentary stint.

As the 16th edition of IPL is finally over, Rohit will now be seen leading the Indian team in the upcoming Test Championship final against Australia at the Oval in England from June 7 to June 11. Fans will be hoping for the Indian skipper to go big in the title clash against the Aussies as India are awaiting their first international trophy since 2013.

Indian squad for the Test Championship final:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, KS Bharat, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Axar Patel, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadakt, Umesh Yadav.

Crucial 38 runs vs pak in 2007 t20 wc final, 50 vs Aus in 2008 CB series final, Good opening in entire 2013 CT, 130 vs pak in 2019 wc, 100 vs SA in difficult conditions in 2019 wc.. India would have exited in group stage if rohit didn't score 5 hundreds..
— Shekhar (@Shekhar52694513) May 31, 2023

Hayden ,You Too Commenting On A Goat Player Of Our Country .It's Just A Bad Phase .Once He Gets His Vintage Form ,Opposite Teams Will Wet Their Pants To Bowl 🤙.He Has Proved Many Times .
— Bharathkumar. (@Bharath65453527) May 30, 2023

To be really very honest, it's a fact, every player becomes big when he scores on big occasions such as Gill who rose and delivered when GT needed him to score, he just won it single handedly for GT, it really matters n is what actually makes you a big player!!
— Advocate Arvind Kushwaha (@Arvind40091148) May 31, 2023

Dude what HYDEN said is right don't say he scored 4 centuries come to curical knocks i didn't say one from the last 10 years he played knockout matches of any send me i am waiting…. Who want 5 centuries if you won't perform the matches which we need to win again repeatworldcups
— Bhargav (@Bhargav62252115) May 31, 2023

It’s not allegations, it’s a fact. He does really good in league matches be if franchise or ICT but in crunch games he just surrenders. Best batter but this jinx is evident.
— Kesarali Jindunnavar (@KesarAli1) May 31, 2023

Yes he is right he has failed in semifinal and final of icc tournaments.2017 champion trophy final, 2019 worldcup semifinal, 2022 t20 worldcup semifinal
— paresh shettigar (@paribhai) May 30, 2023