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The number of franchises has increased before IPL 2022. BCCI has decided to organize the tournament among 10 teams instead of 8. In such a situation, two new teams Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants appeared. Gujarat Titans have made Hardik Pandya and Lucknow Super Giants have made KL Rahul their captain. Under Hardik's captaincy, GT won the title in the first season. Pandya did not stop here and took his team to the final of IPL 2023. In the decisive match, Chennai Super Kings defeated GT by 5 wickets.
Pandya was considered the future captain
Hardik, who showed his amazing captaincy for 2 seasons, was being considered as the future captain of the Indian team. He was seen captaining the Indian team in T20 International. Ahead of IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians traded Hardik Pandya to Gujarat Titans. After this Hardik was handed over the command of MI. However, under the captaincy of Hardik, Mumbai Indians have lost their first 3 matches this season. Since then questions are being raised on Hardik's captaincy. People say whether mentor Ashish Nehra is behind the success of Gujarat Titans.
Ashish Nehra is guiding the team
In the last two seasons, during the matches of Gujarat Titans, Ashish Nehra was seen directing his team from the field itself. Many memes also went viral on social media in which it was claimed that Ashish Nehra is the real captain of GT. Gujarat was continuously registering victories in the pair of Hardik and Nehra. Now that Hardik is alone handling the captaincy of Mumbai Indians, there is a lot of pressure on him to win and also the expectations of the fans. Most of Hardik's decisions are proving wrong. In the first two matches, Hardik bowled the first over while in the third match he did not bowl at all.
On the other hand, Ashish Nehra is still guiding the new Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill off the field like a football manager. Gujarat Titans are performing well in the partnership of Gill and Nehra. GT has won 2 out of 3 matches so far. Gill has no experience of captaincy. They don't even have a match-winning player like Mohammed Shami. The team is still winning under the leadership of Nehra.
Mumbai's third consecutive defeat
Mumbai Indians have played 3 matches so far in IPL 2024 and have faced defeat in all the matches. In the first match, Gujarat Titans defeated Mumbai Indians by 6 runs. In their second match, Mumbai Indians had to face defeat against Sunrisers Hyderabad. SRH beat MI by 31 runs. In this match, Hyderabad defeated Mumbai bowlers and scored 277 runs. Mumbai batsmen tried to make a comeback, but due to Hardik's slow innings, Mumbai lost. In the last match, Rajasthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets.