Mohit Sharma’s stunning comeback has given fans a complete set of retro performances. MS Dhoni, has been smashing the ball sweetly this season, the likes of Piyush Chawla and Amit Mishra are among the wickets, and Virat Kohli has been among the runs as well. Mohit Sharma, joined the list of retro performances this season with a stunning comeback of his own.

With Yash Dayal left out after a game that would have stung badly for him, Gujarat had to turn to a 34 year old star, who last played an IPL game back in 2020. He was a regular in 2018, but faded out with a game each in 2019 and 2020. Once a purple cap winner, and a new-ball bowler who often bowled out in the first 10 overs for MS Dhoni, and later an World Cup Semi-Finalist, Mohit Sharma had it made. Some poor performances though led to him disappearing from the screens, as he turned into a net bowler last season for the Gujarat Titans.

In the meantime though, Mohit Sharma did show signs of improvement. From primarily being used up front, Mohit Sharma improved his death bowling, and developed an effective range of slower balls to use in the death. His style of bowling worked ever so well at Mohali, on his comeback game, in a stadium he is familiar with thanks to his time at the Punjab Kings. With a hard pitch, the ball got soft quickly, and Mohit Sharma used that to hit some unpredictable spots where the ball did all sorts of magic.

He was silent in his task and kept hitting a confusing length, which is what he made his career out of with the Chennai Super Kings, and finished with a really good spell, conceding 18 runs and taking two wickets. His spell turned out to be a huge bonus for Gujarat, who recruited him as a net bowler last season, allowing him to work with Ashish Nehra. His stint as a net bowler could be seen by some as a huge downfall from where he once was, but instead, Mohit Sharma took it in his stride, and used the opportunity to grow and improve his skills.

He kept finding opportunities to bowl to competitive and talented batters, and his efforts paid of as Mohit Sharma now is a part of the Gujarat Titans, and has all but made the pacer spot his for the next few games. He waited for his moment, and now, he has earnt it and looks set to build on and keep himself on TV screens for a little longer.