Mumbai Indians made the massive but anticipated name of appointing Hardik Pandya because the captain rather than Rohit Sharma, who led the franchise for greater than 10 seasons. It was on the playing cards given Hardik was captain at his earlier aspect, Gujarat Titans, and was traded again to Mumbai however the timing stunned many as everybody felt that it’d occur after the 2024 version of the IPL.
Rohit is the joint-most profitable captain of IPL historical past having led the Mumbai Indians to 5 trophies. Hence, it could not be a simple job for Hardik to step into Rohit’s footwear. However, if his stint with the Gujarat Titans is something to go by, he led the brand new aspect to a title in its very first yr and one other last end within the second as they dropped wanting a second consecutive title by a number of inches and there’s a promise.
Rohit began his profession at Mumbai Indians in 2011 and in the course of the third season in 2013, he was handed the captaincy after Ricky Ponting stepped down following the dearth of ends in the primary six video games. Rohit helped Mumbai win the title in the exact same yr and 4 extra within the subsequent 10 seasons. Rohit led Mumbai Indians in 158 video games within the IPL and the Men in Blue gained 87 of them.
Reacting to Mumbai Indians’ determination, former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan stated that Rohit’s title will all the time stay on the high every time the franchise’s title is taken.
“Kitne bhi saal ki purani ye franchise kyon na ho jaae sabse upar naam Rohit Sharma ka rahega (No matter how old this franchise gets, Rohit Sharma’s name will always be at the top),” Irfan wrote on X (previously Twitter).
Mumbai Indians in an announcement stated that Rohit will proceed to be with the aspect and share his expertise with the kids and proceed to play as a batter.
