In the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Mumbai Indians team has played 2 matches so far under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya and has faced defeat in both. Last year, when Mumbai Indians suddenly decided to make Hardik the new captain of the team, there was a lot of resentment among the fans regarding this, whereas now due to the defeat of the team in the first 2 matches, Hardik Pandya is also being criticized. As a captain, the pressure has increased a lot. At the same time, a shameful record has also been added to Hardik as Mumbai Indians captain.
After Harbhajan, Hardik became the second captain in this matter.
The Mumbai Indians team played the 2008 IPL season under the captaincy of Harbhajan Singh, who was leading the team for the first time. The team had to face consecutive defeats in the first three matches of the season. After this, Hardik has become the second captain of Mumbai Indians team, who has lost the first 2 matches of the IPL season as the captain of this franchise for the first time. Hardik started his captaincy in IPL with Gujarat Titans team in the year 2022 season and made the team the winner in the first attempt itself. After this, GT reached the finals in the 2023 season also. In this year’s IPL season, Hardik returned to his old franchise, in which he was made the new captain of the team in place of Rohit Sharma. However, now the team’s performance has not been as expected.
Hardik has been a flop with bat and ball till now
While Hardik Pandya appeared a complete flop on the captaincy front in the first two matches of the IPL 2024 season, he has not been able to do anything special with the ball and bat. In the first match, where Hardik could not take any wicket after giving 30 runs, he could score only 11 runs with the bat. In the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Hardik gave away 46 runs in his 4 overs and could take only 1 wicket. While the team was chasing the big target of 278 runs, Hardik returned to the pavilion after playing a slow inning of 24 runs in 20 balls.
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