Among the most important tales main as much as the 2024 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is the saga across the captaincy of Mumbai Indians. MI had surprised everybody by bringing all-rounder Hardik Pandya again into the facet earlier than the 2024 auctions after which made virtually as large a splash after they introduced him as captain for the upcoming 2024 season.
Mumbai Indians changed Rohit Sharma with Hardik Pandya as captain in December(PTI)
Rohit has in the meantime been confirmed as India’s captain within the T20 World Cup later this 12 months and has additionally earned plaudits for the way in which he led the staff again from a 1-0 deficit of their ongoing five-match Test collection towards England. India have gained the second and third Tests, recording a document 434-run victory margin within the second. Apart from being praised for his captaincy, Rohit led India out of the ditches of their first innings, scoring 131 in 196 balls after they have been tottering at 33/3 at one level.
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A fan posted a poem through which he paid tribute to Rohit with a caption that learn: “Is selfless captain ko yaad rakhoge na (You will remember this selfless captain right)?” The fan additionally wrote “Wo captain MI captain” on the video as he recited the poem and Rohit’s spouse Ritika Sajdeh responded within the replies with a teary-eyed smiling emoji.
Earlier, Ritika had reacted to a video of MI head coach Mark Boucher explaining the choice. “I think it was purely a cricketing decision. We saw the window period to get Hardik back as a player. For me it’s a transition phase. A lot of people don’t understand in India, people get quite emotional, but you know you take the emotions away from it. I think it’s just more of a cricketing decision that was made and I do think it is going to bring the best out of Rohit as a person as a player. Just let him go out and enjoy and score some good runs,” Mark Boucher mentioned on Smash Sports podcast. Ritika, reacting to the podcast, wrote within the remark part: “So many things wrong with this…”
Pandya grew to become a family title taking part in for Mumbai Indians within the IPL and it was throughout this time that he grew to become a daily with the Indian staff accross codecs. He was launched by MI in 2022 amid struggles with accidents that severely affected his capacity to bowl. Pandya then loved a second wind in his profession as captain of Gujarat Titans, roaring again to kind with each bat and ball and turn into the primary performed since Shane Warne in 2008 to guide a staff to the IPL title of their very first season within the league. Pandya additionally led GT to the ultimate the following 12 months as nicely.
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