There is a lot of speculation about the IPL 2025 auction at this time. All the teams are busy making strategies according to their own. Meanwhile, a shocking news is coming about the Mumbai Indians team. There is a discussion on social media that Hardik Pandya will be released from the Mumbai Indians team. Hardik Pandya returned to Mumbai Indians last year and was also made the captain. However, now the news is coming that he will be released from the team.
Hardik Pandya was traded from Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians during IPL 2024. He was also made the captain of Mumbai Indians by removing Rohit Sharma and there was a lot of uproar over this. Fans trolled Hardik a lot and there was also news of a rift in the Mumbai Indians team. There were reports that some senior players were not happy with the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. Mumbai Indians’ performance was also very poor during IPL 2024.
Will Mumbai Indians release Hardik Pandya?
Now the news is coming that Hardik Pandya will not only be removed from the captaincy of Mumbai Indians, but he will also be released from the team. According to the discussion going on on social media, Suryakumar Yadav will be made the next captain of Mumbai Indians. Rohit Sharma will not be given the captaincy, but Suryakumar Yadav will become the captain.
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Hardik Pandya is set to be released from Mumbai Indians. Suryakumar Yadav to be announced as new Captain. pic.twitter.com/5M3nPeaNuu
Suryakumar Yadav has already snatched the captaincy of Hardik Pandya in Team India. Now there are reports that he will also snatch the captaincy of Mumbai Indians from Hardik Pandya. Suryakumar Yadav was made the captain of Team India on the Sri Lanka tour.
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Hardik Pandya captained Gujarat Titans for two seasons in between. He won the IPL 2022 title for the team in his first season as captain. After this, the team reached the finals under his leadership in the second season as well. However, after this, Hardik Pandya returned to Mumbai Indians last season, but his performance as a captain and as a player was not upto the mark.