Viral video shows Rohit Sharma in KKR dressing room; fans believe ex-MI captain could join KKR for IPL 2025

Just days after Mumbai Indians were eliminated from the TATA IPL 2024 tournament, speculations about former MI captain Rohit Sharma considering joining KKR for the upcoming IPL season took over the internet on Saturday (May 11, 2024).

As the KKR and MI teams were preparing for the match, sudden rains delayed the match by almost an hour when a video circulated on social media showing Rohit interacting with the KKR team in their dressing room . Referring to the video now removed from the Internet, Hindustan Times reported that Rohit Sharma was seen chatting with KKR support staff. Other KKR players KS Bharat and Manish Pandey were also reportedly seen in the video clip shared online before it was deleted.

Netizens immediately spotted Sharma chatting with KKR players in their camp. An X user posting a screenshot of the now-deleted video wrote, “Rohit Sharma has a long conversation with KKR players and support staff.”

Another user said“Rohit Sharma’s video was leaked intentionally. Or by mistake? He would be participating in KKR NEXT season.”

Saturday’s match was shortened by 4 overs due to incessant rains which caused the match to start at 9:15 p.m. KKR batters Phil Salt and Sunil Narine were the first openers and the 16-over innings ended with Kolkata setting a target of 157 runs for MI by losing 7 wickets.

During the loss of 8 wickets in the limited overs, MI were able to go on and score 139 runs, after which the match was stopped.

As IPL mulls over a mega auction ahead of next year’s tournament, former KKR bowling coach Wasim Akram expects Rohit to join the Kolkata team. Sportskeeda quoted Akram as saying: “I have a feeling he won’t be at Mumbai Indians next season. I would love to see him at KKR. Imagine him open there, Gauti as mentor, Iyer as captain. They will have a very strong batting, at this wicket (Eden Gardens He bats very well on any wicket he is such a good player but it will be good to see him in KKR).