Mumbai Indians have made a serious management change forward of the 2024 version of the IPL with Hardik Pandya being appointed as the brand new captain. Hardik Pandya has changed Rohit Sharma on the helm of the joint-most profitable franchise, who led Mumbai Indians to 5 titles in his stint as captain for 10 and a half seasons. Hardik, who led Gujarat Titans within the final two seasons, together with a title in 2022 and a remaining berth in 2023, made a transfer again to the Mumbai Indians in a pre-auction commerce and can proceed to be the captain however for a franchise, the place his IPL profession started eight years in the past.
Mumbai Indians Global Head of Performance, Mahela Jayawardene on the captaincy swap mentioned “It is a part of legacy constructing and staying true to the MI philosophy of being future-ready. Mumbai Indians have at all times been blessed with distinctive management proper from Sachin to Harbhajan and Ricky to Rohit, who whereas contributing to the instant success have at all times had an eye fixed on strengthening the group for the longer term. It is in line with this philosophy that Hardik Pandya will assume captaincy of Mumbai Indians for the IPL 2024 season.”
Hardik would be the ninth captain of Mumbai Indians after the likes of Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Kieron Pollard and Suryakumar Yadav. Rohit, who captained MI for 163 matches throughout 11 seasons led the facet to 91 wins together with 5 titles.
Jayawardene thanked Rohit for his companies as captain saying, “We specific our gratitude to Rohit Sharma for his distinctive management; his tenure as the captain of the Mumbai Indians since 2013 has been nothing wanting extraordinary. His management has introduced unparalleled success to the group and solidified his place as one of many best captains within the historical past of the IPL.
Under his steering, MI turned some of the profitable and beloved groups ever. We will sit up for his steering and expertise on and off the sector to additional strengthen MI.
We welcome Hardik Pandya as the brand new captain of MI and want him all the perfect,” the previous Sri Lanka captain additional added.
Hardik led Gujarat Titans in 31 matches and led the group to 22 wins after which went on to grow to be India’s T20 captain following the T20 World Cup 2022. Rohit and Virat Kohli have not performed a single T20I because the T20 World Cup and this was considerably on the anticipated strains given the commerce occurred earlier than a mini-auction. Hardik, who’s at present injured, is more likely to return within the Afghanistan collection in January.
