Rohit Sharma and Mahela Jayawardene, the Mumbai Indians captain and coach respectively, played down the talk of the most successful Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise enjoying the ‘undue’ advantage of being the only team to play home games in IPL 2022.
“A lot of the new guys have come into the team, so I don’t believe in added advantage because 70-80% of the squad hasn’t played in Mumbai before. There is no such thing as an added advantage,” Rohit said on Wednesday during Mumbai Indians’ pre-tournament media interaction.
“Only myself, Surya, Pollard, Ishan and Bumrah have played in Mumbai a lot, others have not played. We all are playing in Mumbai after two years. In fact, the other franchises have played in Bombay last year. We didn’t get to play, so no advantage.”