Mumbai Indians replaced Rohit Sharma from the position of captain last year and appointed Hardik Pandya as the new captain of the side. Hardik Pandya faced a disappointing approach from the fans throughout the season and the Mumbai Indians finished at the bottom position of the table.
Fast forward, now the team is all set to play a new season and the first match will be played against Chennai Super Kings in the campaign opener. However, the regular captain Hardik Pandya will not be available for the match and in his absence, the management of Mumbai Indians announced the captain for Chennai Super Kings match. So let’s get into the article to check out the reason behind the absence of Hardik Pandya and the name of the captain who will lead Mumbai Indians in the game against Chennai Super Kings.
The clash between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings is the all time rivalry in the IPL tournaments and this year both teams will start the campaign. However, the regular captain of Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya will not be able to play the game because of one match suspension for maintaining slow over rate in last season.
In the absence of Hardik Pandya, the captain of T20 side of India – Suryakumar Yadav will lead Mumbai Indians against Chennai Super Kings. It is worth mentioning that SuryaKumar Yadav led Mumbai Indians in IPL last time in 2023. It was because Rohit Sharma was absent in that match and he played as captain against Kolkata and Knight Riders.
He played a winning knock in that match. Hardik Pandya will be back as captain of Mumbai Indians in the next match which is against Gujarat Titans and the game is on March 29.
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