Rohit Sharma completes huge milestones with Mumbai Indians

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma completes 12 years with the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Mumbai Indians on Monday.

Meanwhile, on that Sharma expressed his happiness and gratitude and said, “He looks forward to creating many more memories and spreading more smiles”.

Earlier on 8 January 2011 at the age of 23-year-old Mumbai Indians picked Rohit Sharma during the auction from Deccan Chargers.

“I cannot believe it has been 12 years at Mumbai Indians. It has been an extremely exciting and emotional journey for me. We have achieved so much together with stalwarts, youngsters, and our Paltan. Mumbai Indians are my family and I want to thank my fellow players, fans, and management for all the love. Looking forward to creating many more memories and spreading more smiles for our Paltan,” Rohit said.

Moreover, Sharma has scored 4,709 runs in 182 matches at an average of 26.75 which includes 32 half-centuries with his best individual score being 109 not out.

Besides Rohit Sharma, the team also features Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer, and exciting young talents like Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, and Cameron Green.

However, in 2022 Mumbai Indians squad looks like this after the auction.

Mumbai Indians:

Squad strength – 24 (Overseas 8)

Players bought – Cameron Green (INR 17.5 crore), Jhye Richardson (INR 1.5 crore), Piyush Chawla (INR 50 lakh), Duan Jansen (INR 20 lakh), Vishnu Vinod (INR 20 lakh), Shams Mulani (INR 20 lakh), Mehal Wadhera (INR 20 lakh), Raghav Goyal (INR 20 lakh)

Players retained – Rohit Sharma (captain), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal.