On Friday, Mumbai Indians' made an announcement by declaring Hardik Pandya as the captain for the upcoming IPL 2024 season. He will be replacing Rohit Sharma as the team's leader. The news evoked a range of emotions among Mumbai Indians fans. While some expressed joy and excitement about Hardik Pandya taking on the captaincy role, others found themselves reminiscing about the days when Rohit Sharma led the team, creating a bittersweet blend of emotions among the fan base. Meanwhile Mumbai Indians official account posted a sweet video on 'x' which gave some glimpses of the Ro's (Rohit Sharma) captaincy moments.ย
While posting this video Mumbai Indians team wrote, "Ro, in 2013 you took over as captain of MI. You asked us to ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐. In victories & defeats, you asked us to ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ. 10 years & 6 trophies later, here we are. Our ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง, your legacy will be etched in Blue and gold. Thank you, ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐."ย
Some fans have accepted the team's decision saying, "We will miss you my captain ๐ฅน๐" while others are commenting and expressing their views and disappointment. One fan wrote, "Man who gives 5 trophies and made Mumbai Indians brand he's sacked from captaincy for Landya ๐ข can't believe." Others wrote, "The most chomu franchise.. trade Rohit Sharma to other teams you guys don't deserve Rohit Sharma at all.." another fan tweeted, "Bumrah deserve to be captain of Mumbai Indians after Rohit Sharma."
Pandya, who was traded from Gujarat Titans in November this year, will replace Rohit Sharma. The latter had been at the helm of the side since 2013, taking over from Ricky Ponting. "We express our gratitude to Rohit Sharma for his exceptional leadership; his tenure as the captain of the Mumbai Indians since 2013 has been nothing short of extraordinary,โ Jayawardene added. Back in 2013, after MI had got off to a poor start under the captaincy of Ricky Ponting, the franchise would turn to Rohit Sharma to lead them. A call that resulted in their first-ever league title. Since then, Rohit has led the team to four more titles โ the joint-most for any captain alongside MS Dhoni.
