Former player Aakash Chopra believes that the Mumbai Indians team will not retain Rohit Sharma in the Indian Premier League 2025 auction. According to him, Rohit Sharma himself would like that the franchise does not retain him and releases him.

Let us tell you that under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians have won the trophy of this great tournament five times. Not only this, he has also played an important role in the victory of Mumbai Indians with his batting. In the IPL 2024 auction, Mumbai Indians traded Hardik Pandya from Gujarat Titans and appointed him as the captain of their team. Mumbai Indians’ performance in IPL 2024 under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya was disappointing.

Aakash Chopra shared a video on his official YouTube channel and said about Rohit Sharma’s future with Mumbai Indians, ‘Will Rohit stay or leave? This is a big question. My personal opinion is that Rohit Sharma will not stay. Any team that retains a player will want the player to stay with them for 3 years, yes if your name is not MS Dhoni. The story of Chennai Super Kings and Dhoni is very different but Rohit Sharma himself will leave Mumbai Indians or the team will remove him.’

I think Rohit himself would not want to be retained: Aakash Chopra

Aakash Chopra further said, ‘Anything can happen but I don’t think Rohit will be retained. I don’t know anything about it but my personal opinion is that Rohit will be released. Rohit can go somewhere else through the trade window but he will definitely be seen in the auction. His journey with Mumbai Indians is over now.’

Regarding Suryakumar Yadav, Aakash Chopra further said, ‘I don’t think Mumbai will leave Suryakumar Yadav nor will the experienced batsman himself want to leave. I have not heard anything about this but he will remain with the Mumbai team.’