IPL 2016: Captain’s analysis

7. Rohit Sharma – Mumbai Indians:

Rohit Sharma failed to defend his IPL title this season. He has been very impressive as skipper since taking over the captaincy. His captaincy was put to test last season after MI had won only one of their first six games. MI then brought a remarkable turnaround and lifted the trophy. This year, however, he failed to repeat any such heroics with his team. Rohit began on a winning note but then failed to win games consistently. Eventually, it boiled down to the last league game against Gujarat Lions but they lost it and were knocked out of the tournament, finishing fifth in the pints table. There no were major flaws in his leadership but he committed a couple of mistakes in team combinations. The decision to promote Hardik to No. 3 in the batting position was a bad one. Also, giving the under-performing Pandya eleven matches to play and hesitating to bring in his replacement, Nitin Rana, early in the tournament was another bad decision.