Rohit Sharma (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: The crowd erupted into loud cheers the moment Rohit Sharma took the microphone, with the noise reaching a crescendo when he declared, ‘iss baar no 6 aapke paas’.Mumbai Indians are five-time Indian Premier League champions who have lifted the trophy in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. However, Mumbai Indians have not won the title in the last five years. Notably, all the five championships came under Rohit’s leadership.
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Shashi Tharoor & Samson’s Redemption Story: From Failure to Fame Rohit was joined by Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya as he addressed the fans at the Mumbai Indians — MI Mix — event held at the Jio World Garden on Saturday.“I want to thank you all on behalf of my team. Support us like every year. We love it. And in return we will try to make it (title) number 6. Iss baar Number 6 aapke paas laakar rakhein,” Rohit said.Are Mumbai Indians the best IPL team?Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan believes Mumbai Indians have a slight edge over Chennai Super Kings as the “greatest team in IPL history” despite both franchises winning the same number of titles.Pathan argued that MI’s impact on Indian cricket was more significant, highlighting the number of top players the franchise produced for the national team.“CSK started winning the IPL title from 2010 onwards. They won back-to-back titles in 2010 and 2011 and were the first team to do it. But when Mumbai Indians started winning from 2013, they won after every alternate year. Then they won the IPL trophy back-to-back in 2019 and 2019.”“What I like about Mumbai is their contribution to Indian cricket. The number of match winners they have produced for the Indian team is absolutely tremendous. How do you achieve that? First, you grow your franchise. Second, you deliver results with the team you have. Even now, Mumbai Indians had a great team last season that could have easily won the trophy for other reasons.”While MI can take credit for identifying and nurturing talents like Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma, CSK can point to their role in developing players like Ravichandran Ashwin, Murali Vijay and Ruturaj Gaikwad.
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“CSK don’t have four Indian captains, Mumbai Indians do. In that respect, building the team and contributing to a bigger cause, I think Mumbai Indians are the best IPL team. I know CSK will always say they are the best too because they have won five trophies as well. No doubt. There will always be a debate and it’s a fair debate because they think they have a lot of Indians.” and young talent for Indian cricket,” concluded Pathan.
