Hardik Pandya: Mumbai Indians once again faced defeat against Rajasthan Royals last Sunday. MI has played 8 matches under the leadership of Hardik Pandya, but so far has been able to win only 3 of these matches. This season, the franchise replaced Rohit Sharma and made Hardik Pandya the captain. This decision of Nita Ambani and Akash Ambani is costing them a lot. Ever since taking over the command of Mumbai, Hardik has appeared out of form and due to pressure, has proved to be a failure even in successful captaincy.

These 3 mistakes of Hardik Pandya became the reason for defeat

Rohit Sharma, who has captained Mumbai for the last 10 years, has made the team IPL champion 5 times. Even after this, the franchise removed him from the captaincy overnight and handed it over to Hardik Pandya, but this season he has had to suffer the consequences of his mistake. MI's performance in the matches played so far has also been average. Let us tell you that Hardik (Hardik Pandya) is an all-rounder player of Team India, but till now he has not been successful in supporting the team with neither his batting nor bowling. Also, he has not been able to captain like Rohit Sharma. Due to these 3 reasons, this year Mumbai is continuously losing every match against other teams. Therefore, looking at Hardik's statistics, he is being said to be responsible for the poor condition of MI.

Hardik Pandya pales in front of Rohit's captaincy

Let us tell you that Rohit Sharma has captained Mumbai from 2013 to 2023. Under his leadership, he has led the team to the IPL title 5 times (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020). Since taking over the reins of MI, Rohit has captained in 158 matches. During this period, due to his captaincy, he has led Mumbai Indians to a resounding victory in 87 matches, while the team had to face defeat in 67 matches. The special thing is that after becoming the captain of Mumbai team, Rohit Sharma made the team champion in the very first year. At the same time, Hardik Pandya is many steps behind Rohit Sharma in captaincy. Mumbai, which is considered a strong contender for the IPL title every year, is looking equal to the other teams this time.

Hardik's performance last season was excellent

If we take a look at Hardik Pandya's IPL performance, he has played 131 matches so far. In these matches, he has scored 2460 runs with his bat, while during this period he has also contributed to the team through bowling by taking 57 wickets in 74 innings. In the year 2022, he made Gujarat Titans the champion as captain. In the year 2023, Hardik once again took the team to the finals through his captaincy, but the team missed out on winning the title.