Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya and former skipper Rohit Sharma hugged it out throughout a observe session forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season ranging from Friday. The all-rounder is ready 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. The viral video of Hardik and Rohit’s assembly throughout the coaching session sparked a meme fest on social media.

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In November final yr, 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 crew lifting the coveted trophy.

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This heartwarming gesture between these two star gamers comes when followers of each gamers are at loggerheads on social media, accusing the crew of betraying the five-time IPL profitable captain by eradicating him from the submit regardless of his contributions. During the current press convention organised by the crew forward of the season, Pandya didn’t reply when requested by media a few so-called “captaincy clause” in his MI contract. Even the top coach, Mark Boucher maintained a silence on being requested concerning the purpose to take away Rohit from captaincy, including extra fireplace to fan wars and rumour-mongering on social media.

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Though in February, Boucher had mentioned that Rohit was faraway from captaincy to be able to assist him play with extra freedom as a batter after a couple of disappointing IPL seasons with the bat.

In 31 matches for GT, Pandya scored 833 runs at a median of 37.86 and a strike charge of over 133, with six half-centuries and a finest rating of 87*. He additionally took 11 wickets for the crew, with the very 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 charge of over 153, with 4 half-centuries and finest rating of 91. He additionally took 42 wickets for the crew, with the very best bowling figures of three/20. Pandya has gained 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 dwelling arena–MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Last yr’s runners-up Gujarat Titans and five-time champions Mumbai Indians will sq. off towards one another in a mouth-watering marketing campaign opening 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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