India, March 30 -- Rohit Sharma is one of the rare few players in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) who has been playing the tournament since the inception of the cash-rich league. In all the 18 editions of the T20 tournament, Rohit has gone past the 400-run mark on just eight occasions. His best returns came in Mumbai Indians' title-winning campaign in 2013 when he scored 538 runs at an average of 38.42 and strike rate of 131.54.

The right-hander has gotten off to a bad start in the ongoing 18th edition of the IPL, scoring eight runs in the first two matches. In Mumbai's tournament opener against five-time champions Chennai Super Kings, Rohit went for a duck as he fell to left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed.

In the next match aga...