Star Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya joined the Mumbai Indians (MI) camp forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season ranging from March 22 this 12 months. Notably, Pandya is about to captain Mumbai Indians (MI), changing their five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy-winning skipper Rohit Sharma within the 2024 season of the cash-rich league.
In a video posted by Mumbai Indians (MI) official X (previously Twitter) deal with, Pandya was seen coming into the MI dressing room and performing a pooja together with head coach Mark Boucher. (IPL 2024: Rohit Sharma Tipped To Become CSK Captain In Place Of MS Dhoni By Ambati Rayudu)
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In November final 12 months, Pandya moved again from Gujarat Titans (GT) to his former franchise as a part of a commerce between each franchises. The star all-rounder spent two momentous years with GT, spearheading their marketing campaign within the cash-rich league with aplomb. In GT’s debut season in 2022, Hardik bought them off to a fairytale begin, with the crew lifting the coveted trophy. (Mohammed Shami Not Available For T20 World Cup 2024 And IPL 2024, Confirms BCCI Secretary Jay Shah)
In 31 matches for GT, Pandya scored 833 runs at a mean of 37.86 and a strike fee of over 133, with six half-centuries and a greatest rating of 87*. He additionally took 11 wickets for the crew, with the very best figures of three/17.
Pandya additionally performed 92 matches for MI from 2015-2021, scoring 1,476 runs at a mean of 27.33 at a strike fee of over 153, with 4 half-centuries and greatest rating of 91. He additionally took 42 wickets for the crew, with the very best bowling figures of three/20. Pandya has gained 5 IPL trophies, 4 with MI (2015, 2017, 2019, 2020) and GT (2022).
The seventeenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin from March 22, with defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set to conflict with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in a South Indian derby at their dwelling arena–MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Last 12 months’s runners-up Gujarat Titans and five-time champions Mumbai Indians will sq. off in opposition to one another in a mouth-watering conflict on March 24 at Ahmedabad. The fixture has gained loads of hype due to star all-rounder Pandya’s transfer to his former franchise MI following two nice seasons with GT. Shubman Gill has taken over the captaincy of GT.
Mumbai Indians (MI) IPL 2024 squad: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Verma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Hardik Pandya (traded from GT), Romario Shepherd (traded from LSG), Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma.
