Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya, in a video, talked in regards to the feeling of sporting the Blue colors of the franchise, describing it as “really special”. Pandya acknowledged that he began his journey from right here and coming again and enjoying for the staff is particular for him. Later on within the video he spoke about bowling coach Lasith Malinga and the top coach Mark Boucher.
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“The feeling of wearing blue colour is really special for me. Journey started here. Coming back and playing which is always gonna be special. Malinga is like my brother from the start and Boucher is been wonderful. We will make sure that we will play a brand of cricket which all will be proud of and at the same point of time, that’s going to be a ride no one will forget,” the right-arm seamer stated in a video posted by Mumbai Indians on X.
The Baroda-born cricketer is ready 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.
“My journey started here. Coming back home & playing is always going to be special.” – @hardikpandya7_#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/GrtVmjl7Xd
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 15, 2024
In November final 12 months, the 30-year-old participant moved again from Gujarat Titans (GT) to his former franchise. 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, the right-hand batter has scored 833 runs at a mean of 37.86 and a strike fee of over 133, with six half-centuries and a finest rating of 87*. He additionally took 11 wickets for the staff, 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 finest rating of 91. He additionally took 42 wickets for the staff, with the very best bowling figures of three/20. Pandya has received 5 IPL trophies, 4 with MI (2015, 2017, 2019, 2020) and GT (2022).
The seventeenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on 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 area – 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 numerous 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 WadheraJasprit 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.
