- Hardik Pandya captained Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024. But this time a veteran player can be made the new captain of the team, whose name has also been revealed.
Source: Social Media
Hardik Pandya:
Before the mega auction of
IPL 2025 , all eyes are on the five-time IPL champion Mumbai
Indians
. Everyone has a question in their mind that who will captain the team this time? Many speculations are being made about this. Mumbai Indians have many options for captaincy, but meanwhile news is coming that MI can hand over the captaincy to its most veteran player this time instead of Hardik Pandya .
Mumbai Indians can make this player the captain
In the race to become the captain of MI for IPL 2025, not Hardik Pandya or
Suryakumar Yadav but
the former captain of this team is at the forefront. If reports are to be believed, Mumbai Indians can make Rohit Sharma the captain in place of Hardik Pandya .
Mumbai currently has no other way to stop Rohit. Therefore, the franchise will soon make an official announcement about it.
So in recent developments there are chances Rohit can lead Mumbai Indians once again –
— रोहित जुगलान Rohit Juglan (@rohitjuglan) October 24, 2024
Good morning #RohitSharma𓃵
Mumbai Indians will retain these players along with Rohit Sharma
If Mumbai Indians make Rohit the captain, he will be the first retention of this team. Apart from him, MI can retain three more players. Which includes the names of Jasprit Bumrah , Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav. However, retention will not be easy for Mumbai Indians. Because both Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav can stake claim to become the captain. For which some teams may also be ready to give them this offer. If this happens, then both these players can leave MI and go directly to the auction.
IPL career of Rohit Sharma
There are many reasons why it is important for Mumbai Indians to retain Rohit Sharma in the team at any cost. The franchise has won the IPL title five times under his captaincy. Apart from this, he has also performed brilliantly with the bat for this team. Rohit has scored 6628 runs in 257 IPL matches at a strike rate of 131.14.