Mumbai Indians head coach Mark Boucher revealed the captaincy snub of Rohit Sharma stating that wanted to free him as a batter given that he did not have a great run in the past IPL seasons.
We saw a window to get Hardik back as a player,” Boucher told South Africa-based podcast `Banter with The Boys`. “We still want him (Rohit) as a player, absolutely because we know he has some great value to add and just go out there and actually enjoy it, without the hype of being the captain,” he said.
“He probably hasn`t had the best couple of seasons with the bat but he has done well as captain and I just thought after speaking with whole Mumbai Indians group, we thought may be this is an opportunity for him to step in for his last year or so,” the coach added.
While the hype around an India`s skipper will still be there but Boucher expects Rohit to operate more freely with the bat. “He will still captain India so that hype is going to be there but when he steps into