{"id":49861,"date":"2025-04-25T16:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/49861\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:52:09","slug":"rohit-sharma-if-he-fires-it-changes-the-game-shaun-pollock-calls-rohit-sharmas-revival-the-coolest-resurgence-in-ipl-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/49861\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohit Sharma: &#8216;If he fires, it changes the game&#8217;: Shaun Pollock calls Rohit Sharma\u2019s revival the &#8216;coolest&#8217; resurgence in IPL | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rohit-Sharma.jpg\" alt=\"'If he fires, it changes the game': Shaun Pollock calls Rohit Sharma\u2019s revival the 'coolest' resurgence in IPL\" title=\" Rohit Sharma (PTI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> After a sluggish start to the IPL 2025 season, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mumbai-indians\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mumbai Indians<\/a> are storming back into form with four consecutive wins, climbing into the top four of the points table. The resurgence of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> at the top of the order has come just in time for MI\u2019s playoff push.<br \/>Rohit had a forgettable start to the season, scoring just 82 runs in his first six outings with scores of 0, 8, 13, 17, 18, and 26. However, the veteran opener has turned it around in emphatic fashion, notching back-to-back half-centuries in MI\u2019s crucial wins against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chennai-super-kings\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chennai Super Kings<\/a> and Sunrisers Hyderabad.<br \/>Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@toisports\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\">SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a><br \/>Former South African pacer and commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shaun-pollock\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shaun Pollock<\/a> singled out Rohit\u2019s revival as the &#8220;coolest&#8221; resurgence of the week in the IPL.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/games\/whos-that\/today\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who&#8217;s that IPL player?<\/a><br \/>&#8220;Yeah, it\u2019s definitely got to be Rohit Sharma, doesn\u2019t it?&#8221; said Pollock on Cricbuzz. &#8220;We were just hoping that he would come good at the top of the order and he&#8217;s managed to do so. First time he\u2019s got back-to-back fifties in nine years \u2014 the last time was in 2016 \u2014 but he&#8217;s produced at the right time for Mumbai. They&#8217;re peaking at the right time, and if he can carry on this kind of form, it\u2019s going to give them a real big chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Will Mumbai Indians qualify for the playoffs this season?<\/p>\n<p>Pollock also praised the impact of Rohit\u2019s presence on the rest of the lineup. &#8220;If he just has that extra performance, the legend of Rohit Sharma with someone like Ryan Rickelton, it adds impetus at the top. He\u2019s got so much power, so much lethal hitting in the top and middle overs \u2014 if he fires, it changes the game.&#8221;<br \/>Rohit was also seen contributing in the field for the full four overs after a brief absence due to injury niggles earlier this season \u2014 another positive sign for MI.<\/p>\n<p>Sachin Tendulkar at 52: Power, Pride, and a Nation\u2019s Pulse<\/p>\n<p>Mumbai Indians now have five wins in nine matches and will next face the Lucknow Super Giants at Wankhede Stadium on Sunday, aiming to solidify their spot in the top four. With Rohit in rhythm, MI look more dangerous than ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a sluggish start to the IPL 2025 season, Mumbai Indians are storming back into form with four&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[6675,1406,6667,5710,4127,6014,6668,4726,6672,16384,26850,79,11541,16,15,26849],"class_list":{"0":"post-49861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-chennai-super-kings","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-indian-premier-league","11":"tag-ipl","12":"tag-ipl-2025","13":"tag-ipl-live-score","14":"tag-ipl-news","15":"tag-lucknow-super-giants","16":"tag-mumbai-indians","17":"tag-rohit-sharma","18":"tag-shaun-pollock","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-sunrisers-hyderabad","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-wankhede-stadium"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114399644515587115","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}