Former England captain Michael Vaughan has strongly questioned Rohit Sharma’s place in Mumbai Indians’ playing XI after another low score against the KKR. Vaughan said that the veteran would struggle to retain his place if his name wasn’t Rohit Sharma, considering his recent numbers as well. Notably, Rohit scored only 13 runs before Andre Russell dismissed him as well.

Speaking on Cricbuzz, Vaughan said, “Remember, you are judging Rohit just as a batter now because he’s not the captain (of Mumbai Indians). No, I think you can’t get away with average numbers and they are average numbers. If your name is not Rohit Sharma, you’re probably losing your place in the side at some stage with those numbers. They’re not good enough for a player like Rohit Sharma. But if if he’s the captain as well and he’s adding his knowledge of being leader, the culture creator that he is, the tactician that he is, and I see it on a regular basis with India, and I’ve seen it with Mumbai in the past.”

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While Michael Vaughan believes that the management will not drop him, he also warned that he is running out of time and must score as well.

“I cannot cope with those numbers. When you’re just the batter now, that’s how we have to judge him, because he isn’t the captain. He needs runs. I am not saying that they’ll get rid of him, and then they’re gonna drop him. But it becomes a problem when you’re star-man, your most senior batter at the top of the order, you kind of looking at in the dressing room and go – ‘Come on, get us off to a start, get your flow back and get your rhythm back, get your mojo back,” Michael Vaughan concluded.