Hardik Pandya: The Indian cricket team has just won the Test series 2-0 against Bangladesh. The T20 series is going to start after three days. But now the discussion of the next season of the Indian Premier League, i.e. IPL, has begun in India. The mega auction for the 18th season of IPL is expected to be held in December.
This time, the Governing Council of IPL has made many changes to the retention of players. BCCI has surprised everyone by making a rule to retain a maximum of 6 players. Earlier, there was a rule to keep only four players, which has now been increased.
Meanwhile, IPL franchises will need to make some big decisions. According to veteran Indian cricket player Aakash Chopra, Mumbai Indians must make big decisions. Aakash Chopra believes that Hardik Pandya will not be the first retention player of Mumbai Indians.
Aakash Chopra said a big thing.
Aakash Chopra has said a big thing about Mumbai Indians. He said the most challenging task would be retaining the Indian core. Mumbai Indians is a team that has won 5 trophies, and CSK has also won 5 medals. Both have a strong Indian core. Along with this, you can do like-for-like replacements of foreign players. You further explained that it is more difficult to get Indian players. Can you tell me the like-for-like replacement of Jasprit Bumrah?
What did he say about Hardik Pandya?
According to the veteran player, as far as Pandya is concerned, he can be the fourth pick of the Mumbai Indians captain franchise. Surya Kumar Yadav will be MI’s second option. He said you have three – Hardik, Surya Kumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah. Further, I think he will discuss this with Rohit Sharma as well.
Whether he stays with the Mumbai Indians or goes to some other team will depend on his wish. After him will be Ishan Kishan or Tilak Verma. Tim David and Piyush Chawla are also players who are likely to be retained. Anyway, Piyush Chawla fits well in the uncapped player category. However, the chances of Tim David being retained seem very low.
