It was one other IPL 2024 outing for Mumbai Indians on Monday, and so they but once more crashed to a different defeat. MI have been aimless all through the season. After their win towards Punjab Kings, it regarded like they have been lastly again on monitor. However they crumbled in Jaipur, dropping to Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets, courtesy of heroics from Sandeep Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Hardik Pandya's return and this time as skipper was supposed to start out a brand new chapter for MI. A brand new chapter has begun, however it’s one crammed with utter chaos. The five-time champions are presently eighth within the IPL 2024 factors desk with six factors in eight video games. Time is working out for them and so they actually need some inspiration from Hardik, who led Gujarat Titans to immense success.
Talking on Cricbuzz, Simon Doull and Adam Gilchrist rated Hardik's captaincy for MI and weren’t impressed. The pair felt that the all-rounder wanted extra time and wasn't making 'strategically' proper selections as skipper.
“It’s a powerful factor to come back and take over a franchise that’s so storied and profitable. He clearly had good captaincy abilities at Gujarat, you don't lose these. I believe he’s rising into it however he's nonetheless obtained work to do. ,” mentioned Doull.
“I’m not seeing him strategically getting it proper. I believe some batting positional adjustments, some bowling adjustments at sure instances, simply total technique, I don't assume as captain he's fairly obtained it proper,” Gilchrist added.
Pandya's captaincy with MI is also an enormous purple flag for BCCI, who see him as Rohit Sharma's successor. Hardik was launched by MI in 2022, and was acquired by GT within the public sale.
He led GT to the title of their debut season, adopted by a runners-up end. In what was an enormous shock to GT followers, Pandya determined to rejoin MI in a switch previous to the public sale final yr. MI face Rishabh Pant's Delhi Capitals of their upcoming match on Saturday, and might be seeking to bounce again to profitable methods.
