Hardik Pandya: Mumbai Indians, one of the most successful teams in IPL history, has retained a total of 5 players for IPL 2025, including Hardik Pandya. Mumbai has retained Hardik Pandya as captain. But he has been ruled out of the very first match of IPL 2025.
In such a situation, the current captain of the Indian team can be seen captaining in that match. So let us know what is the whole matter and why Hardik Pandya is out of the first match of IPL 2025.
Hardik will not be seen in the first match of IPL 2025
Mumbai Indians’ current captain Hardik Pandya was banned for one match due to slow over rate in his last match during IPL 2024, due to which he will not be see playing in the first match of IPL 2025. In such a situation, Indian T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav can take over the captaincy in his place.
Suryakumar Yadav can captain
It is known that Suryakumar Yadav has been handling the post of vice-captain of Mumbai Indians for the past several seasons. In such a situation, he can also take over the responsibility of leading the team in the absence of Hardik Pandya in the upcoming season. Let us tell you that the schedule of IPL 2025 has not been released yet. But its auction is going to be held very soon. The auction of IPL 2025 is going to be held on 24-25 November.
IPL 2025 auction will be held on 24-25 November
Mega auction is going to be held in season 18 of Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2025 and this auction will run for two days. This time the auction is going to be held on 24-25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In such a situation, it has to be seen which players Mumbai Indians will include in their team during this auction.
Let us tell you that apart from Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians have retained Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Tilak Varma for IPL 2025
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