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- Tiwary states Rohit might be restored MI captaincy
- Hardik Pandya took control of MI’s captaincy from Rohit Sharma
- Mumbai have actually lost their very first 3 matches in IPL 2024
Previous India batter Manoj Tiwary has actually stated that Mumbai’s captaincy might be restored to Rohit Sharma. The five-time Indian Premier League champs have actually caught 3 back-to-back losses to start their 2024 season under the management of all-rounder Hardik Pandya following his historical trade relocation from Gujarat. Pandya was traded from Gujarat after an effective stint as their skipper, leading them to the IPL title in 2022 and taking them all the method to the last in 2023. He changed veteran captain Rohit at the helm in Mumbai however is yet to register his very first win as their captain.
Speaking with Cricbuzz after Mumbai’ s loss versus Rajasthan, Tiwary stated Rohit might be made Mumbai’ s captain as soon as again following a bad start in the 2024 season. Rajasthan limited Mumbai to 125 for 9 in the very first innings before going after the under-par target down with 6 wickets and 27 balls staying. Under Pandya’ s management, Mumbai has actually suffered beats versus Gujarat and Hyderabad, losing by 6 runs and 31 runs respectively.
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Mumbai’s captaincy might be restored to Rohit Sharma. What I comprehend is that the owners of Mumbai Indians do not be reluctant in making choices. They made the call of taking the captaincy from Rohit and providing it to Hardik Pandya regardless of Rohit winning 5 IPL titles for them,” stated Tiwary.
Changing the captain is a huge call. They have actually not gotten a single point this season. And the captaincy is likewise all over the location, it’s not simply misfortune and the captaincy has actually been excellent, that’s not the case. The captaincy has actually not been excellent,” Tiwary included.
Pandya has actually withstood a difficult start to his captaincy stint with MI, losing the very first 3 matches of IPL 2024 while being continuously booed by crowds anywhere he goes. Pandya dealt with the crowd’ s rage in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and remarkably, at Mumbai’ s home ground at the Wankhede.
Previous skipper Rohit needed to prompt the home crowd to stop booing Pandya throughout MI’ s beat versus Rajasthan. The Mumbai-based franchise will be seeking to get better to winning methods when they handle Delhi Capitals on Sunday, April 7.