News Update
Tezzbuzz|17-05-2024
Delhi: The 67th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 will be played between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). This match will be held on Friday at Wankhede Stadium, which is the home ground of Mumbai team. Meanwhile, this is also the last match of the blue jersey team in IPL 2024. MI is already out of the playoff race, so Mumbai would like to register a win in their last match. Meanwhile, discussions have started that this could be Rohit Sharma's last match for Mumbai Indians. Many users on social media have expressed their predictions regarding this.
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In fact, before the start of this season, the Mumbai franchise had removed Rohit from the captaincy and in his place handed over the reins of leadership to Hardik Pandya. Many people criticized this decision of Mumbai. Not only this, such reports also came out that everything is not well in the Mumbai team. It is said that his team was also divided into two groups. Some former cricketers also commented on this. A video of Rohit also went viral, in which he was seen telling former Mumbai cricketer Abhishek Nair that 'this is my last'. However, it is not clear whether he was talking about Mumbai Indians in this video or not, but from his speech many users guessed that he was talking about MI.
Is Rohit Sharma really going to leave his team?
There was also discussion that Rohit can go to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team next year, so will Mumbai now release Rohit from the contract? Will Rohit enter the auction or continue playing for Mumbai, these questions will be answered in the coming times.
Meanwhile, under the leadership of Hardik, Mumbai Indians have won 4 and lost 9 out of 13 matches so far in IPL 2024. Mumbai is at the bottom of the points table. Hardik was brought by Mumbai via trade from Gujarat Titans (GT) before the start of IPL 2024. Hardik has previously played for Mumbai Indians between 2015 and 2021. After being released by Mumbai, he played the 2022 and 2023 seasons with Gujarat Titans. Leading this team, he won the IPL title in 2022, while Gujarat finished runner-up in 2023.
At the same time, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians have won the IPL title 5 times. He has been one of the most successful captains in the history of the Indian T20 League.