MI head coach Mark Boucher threw all of his weight behind skipper Rohit Sharma in terms of his lean batting form in IPL 2023
He said the right-handed opener was leading the initiative of batting in the ultra-attacking way they wished for in the competition
Rohit made only 332 runs in 16 innings of IPL 2023 with just two fifties at a strike rate of 132.80
On Friday, in the Qualifier 2 clash against Gujarat Titans, he could make only eight runs as Mumbai were bowled out for 171 in 18.2 overs, crashing out of the competition
"Rohit is a quality player. What I do think is that he led from the front in regards to driving toward the sort of way we wanted to play. Our batting this season was fantastic," the coach said
"We went out at the beginning of the season and we looked at our stats and thought we could improve in certain phases of the game," he added
Boucher also expressed happiness with impressive form of young batters like Varma and Nehal Wadhera in the tournament
Boucher also offered an explanation over why Dewald Brevis didn’t get an opportunity to feature for Mumbai in the entire season, after having impressed the onlookers in a few matches last year