{"id":496339,"date":"2023-12-15T19:58:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T14:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=496339"},"modified":"2023-12-15T20:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T14:33:34","slug":"mumbai-indians-hardik-pandya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/sports-news\/mumbai-indians-hardik-pandya\/","title":{"rendered":"Mumbai Indians name Hardik Pandya as captain for IPL 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mumbai Indians have officially announced a significant change in leadership duties as star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been appointed as the captain of the side for IPL 2024. The 29-year-old has succeeded Rohit Sharma, who is one of the most successful captains in the IPL history with five titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hardik Pandya was traded to Mumbai Indians from Gujarat Titans for total price of Rs 15 crore for IPL 2024 Auction. Indian all rounder was retained by Ahmedabad based IPL franchise during the IPL 2024 retentions, but he was traded to five-time IPL winning team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Hardik Pandya taking over captaincy reins for Mumbai Indians for the upcoming IPL season. Rohit Sharma\u2019s 10-year stint as captain has officially come to an end. He is one of the most successful IPL captains, with joint record of five titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To new beginnings. Good luck, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CaptainPandya?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CaptainPandya<\/a> \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qRH9ABz1PY\">pic.twitter.com\/qRH9ABz1PY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mipaltan\/status\/1735643112159031604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hardik Pandya will lead the team with which he started his IPL career. The 29-year-old was first bought by Mumbai Indians at IPL Auction 2015 and played seven seasons from 2015 to 2021 before moving to Gujarat Titans for IPL 2022. The star all rounder won four IPL titles out of seven seasons he played with Mumbai Indians. With Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya gained fame and emerged as one of the star players in Indian cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global Head of Performance Mahela Jaywardene said appointing Hardik Pandya as captain shows Mumbai Indians philosophy of getting ready for the future. He said it is part of legacy building and staying true to MI philosophy of being future ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said Mumbai Indians have always been blessed with exceptional leadership right from Sachin to Harbhajan and Ricky to Rohit, who while contributing to the immediate success have always had an eye on strengthening the team for the future. Jaywardene added it is in keeping with this philosophy that Hardik Pandya will assume captaincy of Mumbai Indians for the IPL 2024 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hardik Pandya will lead the team with which he started his IPL career. The 29-year-old was first bought by Mumbai Indians at IPL Auction 2015 and played seven seasons from 2015 to 2021 before moving to Gujarat Titans for IPL 2022. 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