mumbai indians has been a five-time IPL champion and so far MI has won the title every time under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. But now a new era has begun inside the mumbai team because now the captain is not rohit sharma but hardik Pandya. For IPL 2025, MI has spent Rs 75 crore on a total of five players including rohit sharma and hardik Pandya. But do you know that four captains are going to play for MI last season and now in 2025 as well.
Four captains in the same team
First of all, let us know which players mumbai indians have retained for IPL 2025. Their names are jasprit bumrah (18 crores), suryakumar yadav (16.35 crores), hardik pandya (16.35 crores), rohit sharma (16.30 crores) and Tilak Verma (8 crores). Out of these five players, four are those who have captained the indian cricket team or are still doing so. jasprit bumrah has captained the Test and t20 team for India. According to head coach gautam Gambhir, bumrah will also be seen captaining in the first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. suryakumar yadav is the captain of India's t20 team, while rohit sharma is the regular captain of the ODI and Test team. Talking about hardik pandya, he has taken charge of the ODI and t20 team.
Who will be the captain of MI in IPL 2025?
For IPL 2024, mumbai indians traded hardik pandya with gujarat Titans. Last season, MI removed rohit sharma and handed over the captaincy to hardik Pandya. Under him, mumbai finished last i.e. 10th in the points table. Let us tell you that Mahela Jayawardene is returning to mumbai as head coach for IPL 2025. He officially confirmed that hardik will continue as the captain of mumbai next season as well. It will also be interesting to see how mumbai is able to strengthen its squad with only Rs 45 crore in the purse.
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