Former Indian opening batter and commentator Aakash Chopra has advised the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) franchise to aim for the Mumbai Indians (MI) opening batter Rohit Sharma on their side as a captain for the IPL 2027 season.
Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra has reckoned that Rohit and Eden Gardens would be a perfect love story. Notably, KKR is in search of a new captain after Ajinkya Rahane announced his retirement from all forms of the game.
“From Mumbai, can they ask for Rohit Sharma? Rohit, Eden Gardens, what a love story. Mumbai won’t release him, I understand, but in the years that are left, Rohit Sharma as a captain and as an opener for a franchise and on a ground where he has charisma,” Chopra said on his YouTube channel.
“He scored 264 runs here. He had thrashed Sri Lanka here. So can they ask for Rohit Sharma and give both Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy in return? The bowling would become extremely weak, but Rohit would manage,” he added.
“You (MI) can take Anukul Roy and Harshit, or else you can take Cameron Green if you like him. Rinku Singh – no, I mean, they can’t release everyone, but Rohit should be on their wishlist,” Chopra stated.
Furthermore, the ex-Indian opener also asserted that the Mumbai Indians all-rounder Hardik Pandya would also play a pivotal role at KKR, like Andre Russell did over the years for the franchise.
“Hardik Pandya might also be on their wishlist because it seems likely that he would come to the market. You would get a new captain and a lower-middle-order batter. He can perform the Andre Russell role,” he said.
“It would be the same trade in exchange. You can take either Harshit or Varun, or Harshit with Anukul – something like that. You can talk about that with the Mumbai Indians,” Chopra concluded.
