Rohit Sharma then pointed out that Mumbai Indians have never had an Orange Cap winner in any of their five title-winning seasons. For him, contributing in a way that helps the team win matters more than big personal scores.

“But I am not claiming that my 30 runs are helping the team to win. My focus is on making contributions that benefit the team. Before I used to think I have to score runs (but not anymore). Whenever MI has won a trophy, nobody from our team has won the Orange Cap. There’s a reason behind that,” he said.

Rohit Sharma Dismisses Captaincy Shift, Says Job Is Still to Win Matches

Despite handing over the captaincy to Hardik Pandya, Rohit says his focus remains the same—scoring runs and guiding MI to wins. He also stressed the need to learn from past mistakes, highlighting MI’s poor showings in the last few seasons. Rohit remains confident that this year will bring a strong turnaround for the franchise.

“Nothing has changed, everything is same,” Rohit said. “My job is batting. Even when I was captaining, my first role was that of a batter and then captain. As a batter I have to win matches. Now that I am not the captain, my job is to score runs and win matches for the team. Wherever needed, I do help,” Rohit said.

“Our last 3-4 seasons haven’t been that good and that’s what we have to change. We have discussed about this extensively between us – mistakes shouldn’t be repeated. We are in a very good stage and this season will be good for us,” the Indian skipper concluded.