Leader Online Desk : Hardik Pandya IPL 2024 : In the 17th season of IPL, Mumbai Indians under the leadership of Hardik Pandya have played 2 matches so far and they have lost in both these matches. Last year, MI suddenly dropped Rohit Sharma and made Pandya the new captain of the team. After this shocking decision of the franchise, there was a feeling of displeasure among the fans. Similarly, Pandya now has an embarrassing record as captain after losing his first 2 matches.
The Mumbai Indians team played the 2008 IPL season under the leadership of Harbhajan Singh. MI lost the first three matches of that season. After this, Hardik became the second captain of the Mumbai Indians team to lose the first 2 matches of the IPL season as the captain of the franchise for the first time. (Hardik Pandya IPL 2024)
Pandya first held the captaincy in the IPL in the 2022 season. While leading Gujarat Titans, he made the team the champion in his first attempt. After this, the GT team reached the final in the 2023 season as well. In this year's IPL season, Pandya returned to his old team Mumbai Indians, in which he was replaced by Rohit Sharma as the team's new captain. However, after watching the first two matches, the fans are shouting that the performance of the team was not as expected. There is also a demand to make Rohit Sharma the captain again. (Hardik Pandya IPL 2024)
Pandya flops with bat and ball
Hardik Pandya has been a complete flop on the captaincy front in the first two matches of the IPL 2024 season. He has not been able to do anything special in bowling and batting. He spent 30 runs in the first match. He could not take a single wicket. He could score only 11 runs in batting.
In the second match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Hardik was washed out. He spent 46 runs in 4 overs. During this he got only 1 wicket. Chasing a huge target of 278, the MI captain then returned to the pavilion with a slow knock of 24 off 20 balls.
