"Big Controversy": South Africa Great On Hardik Pandya Replacing Rohit Sharma As Mumbai Indians Captain

14.03.2024 - 04:53 sports.ndtv.com

In the upcoming Indian Premier League season, it is Hardik Pandya who will be leading five-time champions Mumbai Indians. In December last year, MI traded Hardik in an all-cash deal from Gujarat Titans and later named him the skipper.

Rohit, who led MI to five titles in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020, will be there in the team but no more the captain. Speaking on the surprise change made by Mumbai, South Africa great AB de Villiers said that it created "big controversy". "Mumbai Indians, incredibly successful team of the IPL.

They have won (IPL title) five times. Big controversy over the last few months was that Hardik Pandya coming in as new captain in place of Rohit Sharma.

They seem to be happy though. They seemed to have moved on. It's great to have Hardik Pandya back in blue at his home team, playing for the Mumbai Indians.

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Former Indian cricket team spinner Harbhajan Singh expressed his anger at Mumbai Indians players for not accepting Hardik Pandya as their captain in IPL 2024. Hardik replaced Rohit Sharma as the MI skipper ahead of the new season but under his leadership, the team has slumped to three consecutive defeats. Following the loss against Rajasthan Royals on Sunday, Hardik was seen sitting alone in the dugout - a picture that infuriated Harbhajan. The former cricketer said that Hardik has been left alone and the situation surrounding the team and the captaincy decision does not look good.

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