Star Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya expressed happiness at becoming a member of the Mumbai Indians (MI) camp forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) ranging from March 22, placing into phrases the “emotions” and “memories” he felt after “seeing old friends and reliving the good old days”. Pandya joined the Mumbai Indians (MI) camp forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday. The all-rounder is about 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. Taking to Instagram, Hardik shared a video of him assembly some MI colleagues, together with the bowling coach Lasith Malinga, who was as soon as Hardik’s teammate throughout his enjoying days with MI.

Hardik additionally expressed pleasure for what lies forward for him with the franchise and made his intentions to “get down to business” completely loud and clear. He additionally shared some footage of himself sweating it out within the nets.

“Day 1. So many emotions, so many memories. Seeing old friends and reliving the good old days. Excited for what’s ahead with this wonderful team. Let’s get down to business @mumbaiindians,” stated Hardik’s Instagram publish caption.

In November final 12 months, Pandya moved again from Gujarat Titans (GT) to his former franchise as a part of a commerce between each franchises. 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 received them off to a fairytale begin, with the staff lifting the coveted trophy.

In 31 matches for GT, Pandya scored 833 runs at a median 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 one of the best figures of three/17.

Pandya additionally performed 92 matches for MI from 2015-2021, scoring 1,476 runs at a median 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 one of the 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 from March 22, with defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) set to conflict with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in a South Indian derby at their house arena–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 a variety of 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 Wadhera, Jasprit 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.

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