New Zealand cricketer Mitchell McClenaghan felt bad for Rohit Sharma following Team India’s loss at the final match of the 2023 World Cup against Australia. However, Rohit led the side to 10 consecutive wins throughout the tournament before the defeat in the final as well. Despite another quickfire knock of 47 from 31 deliveries from the Indian skipper, Team Indian mustered a below-par 240 in 50 overs. Australia chased down the total comfortably by six wickets with seven overs to spare as well.
On the sidelines of the ongoing Legends League Cricket (LLC), McClenaghan stated to a query from Hindustan Times by saying: “I feel really bad for Rohit in particular because I know how much preparation he puts into tournaments, and I know this would have been a big trophy for him to tick off. So from that point of view, I do place my heart, I feel, for how he didn’t get the result that he would have wanted and what he probably deserved with how he has turned Indian cricket around in the last couple of years.”
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However, despite India’s inability to cross the final match, Rohit Sharma enjoyed a stunning season with the bat. He was the second leading run-scorer with 597 runs at an average of 54.27 and a strike rate of over 135 as well. Meanwhile, Mitchell McClenaghan also shared a query on his return to the IPL by sharing his wish to reunite with his former franchise, Mumbai Indians (MI) as well. He has played 56 matches for Mumbai and picked up 71 wickets at an average of 25.39, including 14+ scalps each season from 2015 to 2018 as well.
“It’s one of the common things get on Twitter, people asking when I’m coming back, but currently, I am going through my coaching courses, trying to learn more about that side of the game because it’s a sport that I enjoy and a sport that I would like to be involved in going forward,” McClenaghan said.”So whether that goes locally back home or globally within the T20 circuit, and who knows? I mean, MI would be a goal of mine to reunite with that franchise, for sure,” Mitchell McClenaghan concluded.
