New Delhi. Mumbai Indians are going to play with a new captain in the new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024). The responsibility of captaincy will be in the hands of Hardik Pandya in IPL 2024. When MI removed Rohit Sharma from the captaincy, the fans were very angry. He had also opposed this. After months, Hardik Pandya himself has given a statement regarding Rohit’s captaincy.
Hardik Pandya said, “Rohit Sharma is the captain of the Indian team, which helps me, whatever this team has achieved, it has been achieved under his leadership. I just want to keep moving forward, I played my entire career under him and I know he will always be there for me. Rohit is in great form. The way he is hitting the ball against England was fantastic. I’m looking forward to seeing him go out and express himself. If they have a great season then we will definitely do well in the tournament.
CSK got another blow, after Conway-Pathirana, this player got injured, was taken out of the field on a stretcher.
Let us tell you that while captaining in 158 matches, Rohit Sharma has won 87 matches while he has lost 67 matches. The winning percentage of this great captain was 55.06. The 5 titles that Mumbai team has won so far also came under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. In the years 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020, this veteran made the team the IPL champion.
Rohit Sharma was made the captain of the team in place of Ricky Ponting in the year 2013. After the retirement of great batsman Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit made the team champion for the first time. From then till now, Rohit Sharma led the team and under his captaincy, Hardik Pandya emerged from an uncapped player to an all-rounder. Rohit led Mumbai to 5 IPL titles in 10 years. However, now Hardik Pandya will be seen captaining Mumbai.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 18, 2024, 15:39 IST