Former England cricketer Graeme Swann reckoned there's hardly something mistaken with Rohit Sharma's captaincy regardless of Mumbai Indians' (MI) dismal run within the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL). MI, the five-time IPL champions, are tottering on the backside of the factors desk, having misplaced all 5 of their matches within the ongoing championship.

On Wednesday, April 13, Rohit and Co. misplaced to Mayank Agarwal's Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 12 runs on the MCA Stadium in Pune. Swann, some of the adorned spinners throughout his taking part in days, stated it is unfair to criticise the 34-year-old Sharma for MI's poor exhibiting this season.

Reasonably, Swann felt that bowling has let the Mumbai-based workforce down massive time. The veteran stated that other than Jasprit Bumrah's stupendous spell within the center overs, the MI bowlers had been nicely beneath par throughout the match towards PBKS.

'Swann questions bowlers'

"I'm not glad that Rohit Sharma's captaincy is questioned right here, in any respect (97-run opening stand and PBKS scoring 198). I feel the bowlers are low on confidence. There's a large distinction between a captain who can throw the ball to his bowlers, who can completely hit a size.

"Till Jasprit Bumrah got here on and bowled an excellent spell within the center overs, the Mumbai bowlers had been nicely below-par," Swann was quoted as saying.

"So don't, for one second, begin pondering it is Rohit's fault. All people he turned to bowled badly within the first 10 overs. That is how it's," he added.

After electing to area first, MI struggled as PBKS put up an enormous rating of 198/5 on the board. Barring Bumrah, the opposite Mumbai bowlers went for many, with Basil Thampi and Jayden Unadkat conceding 91 runs of their mixed quota of eight overs.

Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav stored MI alive of their run-chase. However after Yadav's dismissal within the penultimate over, the writing was on the wall for Rohit's males.