India’s star cricketer Hardik Pandya who just lately joined his outdated IPL staff the Mumbai Indians forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season, penned a particular observe on returning to his boyhood staff after a day of apply. Pandya is ready to exchange five-time IPL trophy-winning captain Rohit Sharma within the cash-rich league. Pandya penned a particular observe for MI household and mentioned he felt a whole lot of issues after assembly outdated pals and reliving the nice outdated days.
Taking to Instagram, Hardik shared a video of him assembly some MI colleagues, together with the bowling coach Lasith Malinga, who was as soon as Hardik’s teammate throughout his taking part in days with MI. (Rishabh Pant To Play IPL 2024 As Wicketkeeper-Batter, Confirms BCCI)
Hardik additionally expressed pleasure for what lies forward for him with the franchise and made his intentions to “get down to business” completely loud and clear. He additionally shared some footage of himself sweating it out within the nets.
“Day 1. So many emotions, so many memories. Seeing old friends and reliving the good old days. Excited for what’s ahead with this wonderful team. Let’s get down to business @mumbaiindians,” mentioned Hardik’s Instagram submit caption.
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 staff lifting the coveted trophy.
In 31 matches for GT, Pandya scored 833 runs at a median of 37.86 and a strike price of over 133, with six half-centuries and a greatest rating of 87*. He additionally took 11 wickets for the staff, with the most effective figures of three/17.
Pandya additionally performed 92 matches for MI from 2015-2021, scoring 1,476 runs at a median of 27.33 at a strike price of over 153, with 4 half-centuries and greatest rating of 91. He additionally took 42 wickets for the staff, with the most effective 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 residence arena–MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Last 12 months’s runners-up Gujarat Titans and five-time champions Mumbai Indians will sq. off towards one another in a mouth-watering conflict on March 24 at Ahmedabad. The fixture has gained a whole lot 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.
