Hardik Pandya’s condition: This is the real reason for snatching the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Mumbai Indians surprised everyone by removing Rohit Sharma from the captaincy on the evening of Friday 15th December.
Hardik Pandya, who was traded from the team after release-retention, has been chosen as his successor. Hardik Pandya will captain the five-time champion franchise in the upcoming season i.e. IPL 2024.
After this decision, the fans of Rohit Sharma and Mumbai Indians looked very angry and disappointed. Now the important reason behind this has also come to light. Also, there was a question in the minds of the fans whether Rohit will now play under the captaincy of Hardik, an update has also been received on this.
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Why did Mumbai Indians Remove Rohit Sharma?
Mumbai Indians had added Hardik Pandya to their squad in a trade within hours of Gujarat Titans retaining them. Now it is known why Hardik Pandya was made the captain and why Rohit Sharma was removed.
Indian Express reported in its report that Hardik Pandya had joined Mumbai Indians only on the condition that he would be made the captain of the team. Rohit Sharma was informed about this even before the World Cup.
Will Rohit Sharma Play Under The Captaincy Of Hardik?
Apart from this, it has also been revealed in this report whether Rohit Sharma will play in the upcoming IPL or not. There was a question in the minds of the fans whether Rohit would play under the captaincy of Hardik or not. Now it has become clear that Rohit was informed about this before the World Cup.
So he had agreed that he would play under the captaincy of Hardik. That means Rohit Sharma can be seen playing in IPL 2024.
Now it has to be seen whether Hardik, who took Gujarat to the finals twice in a row and made him champion in the first season itself, will be able to give his old team the sixth title or not.
Did Mumbai Make The Same Mistake As CSK?
Let us tell you that before IPL 2022, Ravindra Jadeja was chosen as the successor of MS Dhoni by Chennai Super Kings. After this, the franchise continued losing. Jadeja was forced to resign in the middle of the season and Dhoni took command again.
Then as a result, under the captaincy of Dhoni, CSK won IPL 2023 and Ravindra Jadeja was the hero of the victory. A similar scene was seen in Mumbai Indians for years when Mumbai became the champion and Rohit was the captain.
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Hardik was often the hero of Mumbai’s victory. But suddenly CSK had made a mistake by changing the leadership of the team and now there is a fear that Mumbai may have made the same mistake.
