Hardik Pandya was brought into the Mumbai Indians from Gujarat Titans just before the IPL 2024 Auction in the biggest trade deal ever in the IPL history. It was reported that Gujarat Titans was paid a sum of Rs 15 Crores for the trade of Hardik Pandya. Mumbai Indians also payed Hardik Pandya his IPL salary of Rs 15 Crore and some money under the table according to the recent rumours.
The trade deal also involved an undisclosed trade fee which was borne by the Mumbai Indians. Some tabloids have even claimed that Hardik Pandya received a sum of Rs 100 Crore from Mumbai Indians to make the transfer happen. GT owners have come out to say that their players have received unethical transfer offers.
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The shocking reason behind the Hardik Pandya transfer could be the huge amount of money that the player has received. Also, Hardik started his journey in IPL with the Mumbai Indians and it seems that he wanted to end his career with the same team in the IPL.
Hardik Pandya also placed the condition of him being named the captain of Mumbai Indians to return to the team. Mumbai Indians owners accepted his request and he was recently named the captain replacing Rohit Sharma.