IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians management discuss Rohit Sharma’s role after replacing him with Hardik Pandya for captaincy

The Mumbai Indians camp has seen a massive transition for the IPL 2024 season as they named Hardik Pandya as their new captain While replacing their five time IPL title winning captain Rohit Sharma. 

During the auction for IPL 2024, the franchises’ squad looked quite balanced as they did not look forward to making massive changes or a lot of new additions. A Remarkable pick by the team during the action was welcoming of the South African bowler Gerald Coetzee for two crores.

Mumbai Indians team on the importance of Rohit Sharma’s guidance

“This is something we have spoken about as a franchise. It is a tough decision, we had to make them. It is emotional, it is tough, to be honest. But everyone who has been part of Mumbai knows we cherish every moment a player has contributed, and will contribute going forward. The legacy is something we want to build on and make sure we keep fighting for those wins, those trophies. As a good unit, we have the skillset to do it. That’s the focus going ahead. Probably everyone in their eyes will think it is too soon, but it is a decision we had to make at some point,” said Mumbai Indians Global Head of Cricket, Mahela Jayawardene.
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“Having Ro (Rohit Sharma) in the team, on and off the field to guide the next generation is very important for us. He has been absolutely brilliant. I have worked very closely with Ro. He is a fabulous individual and I am sure he will be part of the legacy who will guide that through. Mumbai have had that in the past too with Sachin (Tendulkar), who played with the youngsters. He gave the leadership to someone else and made sure Mumbai Indians was going in the right direction. It’s the same thing. We had this conversation and everyone is buying into that, so, it’s for us to look forward to the next season,” he added. 

Checkout Mumbai Indians full squad for IPL 2024

MI Retained Players: Akash Madhwal, Arjun  Tendulkar, Hardik Pandya, Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, N. Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Piyush Chawla, Rohit Sharma, Romario Shepherd (T), Shams Mulani, Surya Kumar Yadav, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod

MI picks at the auction: Gerald Coetzee, Nuvan Thushara, Dilshan Madushanka, Anshul Kamboj, Naman Dhir, Shreyas Gopal, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma.