MI vs LSG: Rohit Sharma's last match for Mumbai Indians or there will be a change in script?

Mumbai Indians' tumultuous IPL 2024 campaign will conclude today at Wankhede Stium. In what is going to be final match of season for both  teams, Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants would be expected to present a spectacle on ir way out. As MI underwent a huge transition in leership ahe of season, MI vs LSG match is asserted to be final chapter of immense season-long Hardik Pandya-Rohit Sharma saga. match is speculated to be Rohit's final as an MI player. 

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Forgettable season for Hardik Pandya and Mumbai Indians

It was a kind of season for Mumbai Indians where off-pitch rumblings me more helines than ir performance on ground. First, it was Hardik Pandya's appointment as  new captain of team, replacing Rohit Sharma, that pulled all eyeballs. n, it was fans' reproach toward ir new leer that me it to mainstream. Moreover, given everything was witnessed with a telescopic vision, Hardik Pandya and Rohit Sharma's demeanor in field furr pushed incessant reports that everything was not well in Mumbai camp. Mumbai Indians' on-field play also could not overshow outside noise, and as it transpired  5-time champions became first team to crash out of IPL 2024 playoff race. 

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Will match against LSG be Rohit Sharma's last with MI?

Since it is season before mega auction, speculations are rife that Mumbai Indians may not retain Rohit Sharma again and hence  social media space is filled with assumptions about MI vs LSG game being Rohit Sharma's last in MI outfit.

Rohit Sharma has been talisman of Mumbai Indians for over a dece now. Under his captaincy, team soared above all or competitors, winning five IPL titles in process. If Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants match is set to be his last with MI, n surely it is going to be marked as end of an era for Mumbai Indians. With Hardik Pandya at helm, management might be focused on building a team around him, and Rohit Sharma may not be in vision. Thus, taking case possible, MI vs LSG match could go down in history as Rohit Sharma's last for Mumbai Indians. 

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Rohit Sharma's legacy would be untouched

However, until anything is official, everything is a presumption, and it would be superfluous to try and gauge anything. Considering cult following Rohit Sharma represents among MI fans, decision-makers can put all concerns aside and render Rohit Sharma an extension. follow-up of IPL 2024 or period before start of IPL 2025 could put clarity on  opaqueness.

Irrespective of whatever happens, Rohit Sharma's name is etched in Mumbai Indians' glory cabinet, and it would be hard to better legacy he has left behind as captain of Mumbai Indians.