Mumbai Indians had no trouble chasing down the 200-run target set by RCB on Tuesday but captain Rohit Sharma was again dismissed for 7 — his fifth single-digit score on the trot this IPL.
Sanjay Bangar, the RCB batting coach, however, still backs the MI and India captain to come out of his current form ahead of next month’s WTC final in London.
“He (Rohit) has been playing for such a long period of time and captaining in all formats for India and the franchisee as well, it does take an emotional toll,” Bangar told reporters at the post-match conference when asked about Rohit’s form. “But he knows it, he has done it for such a long time. For the sake of Mumbai Indians and for the sake of Indian cricket, we just hope that he returns to his run-scoring normal routine.
“It is very important for us (India) that he fires and does really well in the World Test Championship final.”
Rohit has been enduring a second consecutive poor IPL season, as his average plummeted to 17.36 with just 191 runs to show from 11 matches so far.
India take on Australia in the World Test Championship final at The Oval from June 7.
