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Now only a few days are left for the IPL to start. The first match will be played on Friday i.e. 22 March. On the first day, the teams of RCB and CSK will face each other in Chennai. Meanwhile, preparations for the 5-time IPL champion team Mumbai Indians are also going on. All the players are doing their respective practices. This time the captaincy of the team is going to be in the hands of Hardik Pandya. Now just 4 days before the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League, Hardik Pandya has given a big statement regarding former MI captain Rohit Sharma.
Rohit Sharma led Mumbai Indians to 5 IPL titles under his captaincy.
In the year 2013, Rohit Sharma became the captain of Mumbai Indians. Rohit was given the command of Mumbai Indians after half the matches in this season. This was the first year that MI won its first IPL title. From then till the year 2023, the team has won the trophy 5 times. Every time the captain was Rohit Sharma. Only two captains in IPL have managed to win the IPL title 5 times, Rohit and MS Dhoni. But this time surprisingly Rohit Sharma has been removed and Hardik Pandya has been made the captain in his place.
What did Hardik Pandya say on Rohit?
Hardik Pandya has said about Rohit Sharma that he will always be present to help me. Hardik said that whatever this team has achieved, it has been done under the leadership of Rohit. Now I have to take it further. Hardik was hoping that Rohit would put his hand on my shoulder. Not only this, Hardik Pandya further said that Rohit Sharma is the captain of the Indian team, he helps me. Hardik said that his entire career has been played under the leadership of Rohit and I know that his hand will always be on me.
This time Hardik will take command of Mumbai Indians
Hardik Pandya made his IPL debut with Mumbai Indians. After performing well there, he was included in Team India and he also performed well. Hardik also took command of the Indian team in the absence of Rohit Sharma. Mumbai Indians have released Hardik Pandya before IPL 2022. After this he joined Gujarat Titans. Call it luck or the team's brilliant performance, Hardik led Gujarat Titans to the title for the first time under his captaincy. After winning the 2022 title, the team again reached the finals in the second year i.e. 2023, although CSK defeated them there under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. In this way the team could not win the trophy twice in a row. Whereas the performance of Mumbai Indians has declined in the last few years. Perhaps thinking this, Mumbai has changed its captain. It remains to be seen how the team performs this time under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya.