India, April 4 -- Rohit Sharma, who scored a match-winning 76 against New Zealand in the Champions Trophy final last month to lead India to a second successive ICC title win, has struggled to find form in IPL yet again. The poor start to the season, where he scored just 20 off 21 balls in three innings led to fans calling for his retirement, while experts like Michael Vaughan questioned his place in the Mumbai Indians playing XI. MI batting coach Kieron Pollard responded to the criticism ahead of the team's game against Lucknow Super Giants on Friday at the Ekana Stadium.

Rohit has managed scores of 13, 8, and 0 so far in the ongoing IPL season. Following his dismissal by Mohammed Siraj in the third game, Vaughan said that the 37-year-ol...