IPL 2025 Mumbai Indians Captain: Looking at the retention list of all the teams for IPL 2025, it is known that the captains of many teams are going to change in the next season. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians have spent a total of Rs 75 crore while retaining five players. MI franchise has retained Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma and Tilak Verma. Out of these, there are 4 players who have been the captain of the Indian team, in such a situation the question is bound to arise that who will be the captain of Mumbai this time?
If we look at the history, last year MI had removed Rohit Sharma from the captaincy and replaced him with Hardik Pandya. Pandya, who was traded by Mumbai to Gujarat Titans, but the fans did not particularly like the decision of removing Rohit from the captaincy. On one hand, MI management had to be trolled for snatching the captaincy from Rohit, while under the captaincy of Hardik, Mumbai Indians stood last in the points table of IPL 2024. Apart from this, MI was surrounded by controversies throughout the season due to reports of infighting between Hardik and Rohit.
Who will be the captain this time?
When Mumbai Indians released their retention list on October 31, MI also announced that Hardik Pandya will be the captain of the team next season too. This decision is quite shocking because last season Mumbai stood last in the points table. Let us remind you that under the captaincy of Hardik, Gujarat Titans won the IPL title in 2022, while he also took Gujarat to the finals in 2023. It will be worth seeing whether Hardik can change the fortunes of Mumbai in the next season or not.
Was there mutual discord between Rohit and Hardik?
Let us remind you that when Hardik Pandya was made the captain last season, apart from Hardik, M’s management had to be trolled a lot. Amidst the news of Rohit-Hardik rift, could the decision to appoint Suryakumar Yadav, who is the current captain of India’s T20 team, as the captain? Under him, Team India has won 3 consecutive T20 series. According to reports, Rohit Sharma himself had denied being Mumbai’s top retention because he has retired from T20 International cricket. This positive attitude of Rohit is an indication that he wants the welfare of the team in any situation.
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