Former MI head coach’s bold comment on batsman’s IPL 2027 retention

Former South African keeper-batsman Mark Boucher, who is also the former head coach of Mumbai Indians, made an interesting comment when asked to make his prediction. Rohit SharmaFuture with Mumbai Indians (MI).

It was basically a rapid-fire round video, where Mark had to say either retain or release as soon as the player’s name came up. The video shared by ESPNCricinfo starts with Rohit Sharma, who is priced at Rs 16.3 crore. The former Protea cricketer mentioned ‘retain’ but also said that Rohit’s opinion will be important.

Former head coach made important comments on Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma. Now 39, he is one of the most successful captains Indian Premier LeagueHe has 5 titles to his name. But, in recent times there were many rumors regarding the opening batsman’s future in the franchise.

Ahead of the IPL 2026 season, there were claims that Rohit Sharma may be considering a change. Despite the speculation, he continued to feature with the Mumbai-based franchise in the IPL 2026 campaign.

“Wait, and ask him where he wants to go,” Mark Boucher suddenly says in the video. Why did he say that? At present this thing has not been clear yet.

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Mumbai Indians and Rohit’s performance in IPL 2026 was below average

Mumbai Indians had another poor performance in the IPL. He finished his performance at 9th position in the current IPL edition^th Team in a 10-team league. They managed to claim only 8 points from 14 matches (4 wins and 10 losses) and a net run rate of -0.584.

Rohit Sharma’s own performance is also not like prime ‘Hitman’. The experienced opener, who missed many matches due to injury, scored 283 runs in 9 matches at an average of 35.37 and a strike rate of 157.22.

List of released and retained players according to Mark Boucher:

Rohit Sharma (INR 16.3 crore): Stay tuned, and ask him where he wants to go.

Trent Boult (INR 12.5 Crore): Release and try to buy back

Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 18 Crore): Release and try to buy back

Shivam Dubey (INR 12 core): Maintain

Prashant Veer (INR 14 crore): Maintain

MS Dhoni (INR 4 Crore): Maintain, and find a good additional strategy for him.

Aiden Markram (INR 2 Crore): Retained

Rishabh Pant (INR 27 crore): Release and try to buy back

Mayank Yadav (INR 11 crore): Retained

Digvesh Rathi (INR 30 lakh): Retained

Marco Jansen (INR 7 Crore): Retained

Yuzvendra Chahal (INR 18 crore): Retained

Tristan Stubbs (INR 10 crore) retained

Mayank Yadav (INR 13 crore): Retained

Ajinkya Rahane (INR 1.5 Crore): Retained

Cameron Green (INR 25.2 crore): Retained

Mathisha Pathirana (INR 18 Crore): Released

Rahul Tewatia (INR 4 crore): Retained

Glenn Phillips (INR 2 Crore): Retained

Shimron Hetmyer (INR 11 Crore): Released

Ravindra Jadeja (INR 14 crore): I want to play, umm… release and buy back

Romario Shepherd (INR 1.5 crore): Retained

Jitesh Sharma (INR 11 crore) retained

Suyyash Sharma (INR 2.6 Crore): Retained

Liam Livingstone (INR 13 Crore): Released

Harshal Patel (INR 8 Crore): Retained

Cam Green: keep or leave? pic.twitter.com/Ed9DcKnwKo

– ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) 27 May 2026

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