Rohit Sharma Hardik Pandya : The problems of Mumbai Indians’ new captain Hardik Pandya are not showing any signs of diminishing. After losing three consecutive matches, the team is currently at the tenth or last position in the IPL points table. Out of the ten, Mumbai is the only team which has not been successful in winning even a single match so far. Meanwhile, Hardik’s troubles increased further when he lost the match at his home ground i.e. Wankhede. Now there is speculation that Rohit Sharma can take charge of Mumbai again. How much truth is there in these things and why would Mumbai Indians have made Hardik the captain of the team, let us investigate all these things.
Hardik made his debut in IPL from Mumbai itself.
Hardik Pandya is an old player of Mumbai. He made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians in 2015. After this, the very next year he got entry in the Indian team and he started being counted among the big players. Everything was going well till the 2021 IPL. But in the meantime something happened that changed everything. Hardik Pandya was struggling with his injury. The big auction was around the corner and Mumbai Indians released Hardik. Meanwhile, two new teams enter IPL 2022, Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Supergiants. While on one hand LSG handed over its captaincy to KL Rahul who came from Punjab Kings, Hardik Pandya became the new captain of Gujarat Titans.
Pandya made Gujarat Titans champion for the first time
Hardik Pandya also made his team GT the champion of IPL for the first time in the year 2022. With consistent good performance, the team reached the finals and succeeded in defeating Rajasthan Royals in the finals. Before this, Hardik had neither been the captain in IPL nor had he commanded the Indian team. After this things changed and he also became the captain of the Indian team. BCCI made him the captain in June 2022 in the absence of Rohit Sharma. He also performed brilliantly as the captain of Team India.
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Hardik seemed to be the Indian captain of T20.
Although Virat Kohli left the captaincy and during the absence of Rohit Sharma, many players captained the Indian team. In this, names of Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav can be taken, but the name which was discussed the most was Hardik Pandya. He was continuously captaining India in T20. Meanwhile, after the 2022 World Cup, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli remained away from T20 International cricket. In such a situation, there was a possibility that when the T20 World Cup would be held in the year 2024, Hardik would take over the captaincy of India.
Announcement was made in December to make Hardik the captain
Now coming to IPL. On December 15, 2023, it was suddenly announced by Mumbai Indians that their new captain would be Hardik Pandya. This news had created a kind of panic in the cricket world. It was believed that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were now out of the Indian T20 team. But meanwhile, first Rohit Sharma and then Virat Kohli return to the T20 team. In January this year, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli returned to T20 after almost a year. Hardik Pandya was not in this series, he was injured during the ODI World Cup 2023. That is, when Hardik was made the captain of Mumbai, Rohit and Kohli were not in India’s T20 plan.
Rohit Sharma’s name was suddenly announced
A series of 5 test matches was played between India and England from January to March. The third Test was to be played in Rajkot. The cricket stadium of Rajkot was earlier named Saurashtra Cricket Ground, but a day before the third test, this stadium was named Niranjan Shah Cricket Stadium. Big officials of BCCI participated on this day. Meanwhile, BCCI Secretary Jaishah made a big announcement. He said that under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India will win the T20 World Cup. After this it became clear that Rohit Sharma will take charge of the Indian team in this tournament to be held in June. That means Rohit Sharma’s case got fit. But even before this Hardik had become the captain of Mumbai.
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Mumbai did not take the decision because he was the captain of Team India.
In fact, there is a possibility that Mumbai Indians might have accepted that Rohit Sharma will no longer play for India in T20 and the future captain is Hardik Pandya. Therefore, Mumbai quickly announced the name of Hardik Pandya. But who knew that things would change further. Now that Hardik Pandya is captaining Mumbai, they have lost three consecutive matches. Actually, if any team loses an IPL match, it is not a big deal, because there are always wins and losses. The bigger thing is that whether it is domestic or outside matters, Hardik Pandya is constantly falling prey to trolls.
Less chances of Rohit taking command again
Mumbai Indians team has been losing IPL matches continuously even before, there is nothing new in this. Other teams also lose, but the way Hardik is being trolled from the field to social media is a problem. Questions are also being raised on the decisions taken by Hardik as captain. In such a situation, now talks have started happening as to whether Mumbai Indians can make Rohit the captain again. However, as of now the possibility of this is very less. But it will be interesting to see how the management of Mumbai takes all these things. If Hardik Pandya loses some more matches in the coming days, then it will be a question to be considered again, but if the team forgets the previous defeats and comes on the track of victory, then there is no problem and Hardik will continue to lead the team.
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