Indian cricket team’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has become a big name in the world of cricket.
The latest example of this is that as soon as he returned to the Mumbai team for IPL 2024, this franchise removed Rohit Sharma from the captaincy and appointed him as the captain of the team for the next season. From Mumbai’s side, it was said that this decision was taken keeping in mind the future of the team. However, the biggest reason behind this could be that Rohit Sharma has advanced in age. Also, Hardik Pandya has proved himself as a captain in two seasons of IPL. Along with this, he is also continuously handling the command of the Indian T20 team.
Mumbai once bought Hardik for Rs 10 lakh
There was a time when Hardik Pandya was not such a big name in the world of cricket and in the year 2015, Mumbai bought Hardik Pandya through auction for just Rs 10 lakh. But now the situation is different and he has become the captain of this team. He continued playing for Mumbai from 2015 to 2021.
But in the year 2022, Mumbai and his paths parted. From 2015 to 2021, the Mumbai team became the IPL champion four times and he was a part of this team and was playing under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.
Hardik Pandya is associated with the Gujarat Titans
In the year 2022, Hardik Pandya was signed by Gujarat Titans by paying a price of Rs 15 crores.
He became the captain of this team. In the very first season, Hardik had shown his captaincy skills.
And made this team the champion. After this, the Gujarat team was the runner-up in IPL 2023.
Now he is back in the Mumbai team again for IPL 2024, and now he has become the captain of this team. Earlier Hardik Pandya used to play under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. But now Rohit Sharma will be seen playing under the captaincy of this all-rounder.
Hardik Pandya’s journey in IPL
Hardik Pandya has been successful in IPL as a player and captain and as the captain of Gujarat, he has proved this. But after becoming the captain of Mumbai, he will now have the responsibility of taking this team further and making it a champion. Hardik Pandya has played a total of 123 matches as a player in IPL. In 115 innings he has scored 2309 runs with 10 half-centuries, he also has 53 wickets in his name.
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