Former South Africa keeper-batter Mark Boucher, who is a former Mumbai Indians head coach as well, made an interesting comment when he was asked to predict Rohit Sharma’s future with the 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 popped up. The videos shared by ESPNCricinfo start with Rohit Sharma, whose price tag is INR 16.3 crore. The former Protea cricketer mentioned ‘retain’ but also said that Rohit’s opinion will be vital.
Former head coach makes a significant comment on Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma. Now 39, he is one of the most successful captains in the Indian Premier League, with 5 titles under his belt. But, in the recent past, there were a lot of rumors around the opener’s future in the franchise.
Ahead of the IPL 2026 season, there were claims that Rohit Sharma could consider making a switch. Despite the speculations, he continued with the Mumbai-based franchise in the IPL 2026 campaign.
“Retain, and ask him where he would like to go,” this is what Mark Boucher suddenly said in the video. Why did he say that? As of now, this is not clear yet.
Mumbai Indians and Rohit had a below par run in IPL 2026
The Mumbai Indians sustained another poor season in the IPL. They finished their run in the ongoing IPL edition as the 9th team in the 10-team league. They managed to claim only 8 points from 14 matches (4 wins and 10 defeats) and a net run rate of -0.584.
Rohit Sharma’s own performance is also not like the prime ‘Hitman’. The experienced opener, who missed multiple matches because of an injury, scored 283 runs in 9 matches for 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): Retain, and ask him where he would like 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): Retain
Prashanth Veer (INR 14 crore): Retain
MS Dhoni (INR 4 crore): Retain, and find a nice extra strategy for him.
Aidan Markram (INR 2 crore): Retain
Rishabh Pant (INR 27 crore): Release and try to buy back
Mayank Yadav (INR 11 crore): Retain
Digvesh Rathi (INR 30 Lakh): Retain
Marco Jansen (INR 7 crore): Retain
Yuzvendra Chahal (INR 18 crore): Retain
Tristan Stubbs (INR 10 crore) Retain
Mayank Yadav (INR 13 crore): Retain
Ajinkya Rahane (INR 1.5 crore): Retain
Cameron Green (INR 25.2 crore): Retain
Matheesha Pathirana (INR 18 crore): Release
Rahul Tewatia (INR 4 crore): Retain
Glenn Phillips (INR 2 crore): Retain
Shimron Hetmyer (INR 11 crore): Release
Ravindra Jadeja (INR 14 crore): I need to play, um... Release and buy back
Romario Shepherd (INR 1.5 crore): Retain
Jitesh Sharma (INR 11 crore) Retain
Suyash Sharma (INR 2.6 crore): Retain
Liam Livingstone (INR 13 crore): Release
Harshal Patel (INR 8 crore): Retain
Cam Green: retain or release? 👀 pic.twitter.com/Ed9DcKnwKo
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) May 27, 2026
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