Everyone knows that Mumbai Indians' IPL 2024 journey was the biggest disappointment of this season. The team's chief coach Mark Boucher admitted that the change in captaincy affected the team the most, but the truth is that the team failed miserably on every front (except Jasprit Bumrah's own performance) and with every defeat its impact increased. And kept falling down. Mumbai's record – Bottom of the 10-team standings with 8 points from 14 matches. Captain Hardik Pandya's troubles did not end even with the end of the season – he was also banned from playing in the first match of IPL 2025 on the issue of slow over rate.

All these are signs of an uncertain future and if it is to change, a lot will have to change. This is possible only when playing in the form of a new team. So for the 2025 season, post the mega auction, the team will hardly resemble the 2024 one. What should be the 5 biggest changes:

Release Rohit Sharma without delay: The team management's decision to appoint a young captain (Hardik Pandya or anyone else) in preparation for the future was not wrong but the way of implementing this decision was wrong and its loss was suffered by the previous captain Rohit Sharma, the new captain Hardik and most of all the team. raised. It should have been known that Rohit is the pillar of the team and if he is asked to play in the team of a captain brought from outside in such a humiliating manner, without giving him any option, then there will be a mess. I wish they would take a lesson from KKR's way of removing a stalwart like Sourav Ganguly. Therefore, the first decision should be to release Rohit Sharma with a big thank you so that he can build his future. The same mistake that MI did was done by Ajit Agarkar's committee for the T20 World Cup.

If you have made Hardik the captain then give him full opportunity: Hardik remained entangled in the factionalism created by the presence of Rohit Sharma (most of the Indian players in the team were with him) throughout the season. MS Dhoni made his mark on the white ball team only when many seniors left the team. IPL is professional cricket on a corporate structure – there is no room for emotions and factionalism in it. If Rohit was not in the team then why would there be opposition to Hardik? What about the spectators, the team players were not openly with Hardik.

Team needs Jasprit Bumrah 2: Look at Jasprit's record in IPL 2024 (till May 18) – second highest wickets 20, highest 149 dots, best bowling average of 16.80 and best economy rate of 6.48 among those who have bowled at least 150 balls, but such a bowler is also in the team. Could not change the disappointment of the record. Ever since Malinga retired, the team is looking for a sling-shot bowling action bowler and Malinga failed in this matter by not recognizing the talent of Mathisha Pathirana and took him to Chennai and Mumbai got another Sri Lankan sling-shot action bowler. Nuwan Thushara. Need another bowler as impressive as Bumrah.

Think tanks are equally guilty and responsible: Mistakes kept happening throughout the season and the think tank just watched the show. It is not that the owners wrote the story of change in captain without talking to them, all the experts kept talking about wrong batting order, foreign players were not used properly, so what was this think tank doing? They also have equal responsibility in this failure and will change. New chief coach Mark Boucher, along with little masters Sachin Tendulkar, Kieron Pollard and Lasith Malinga in the MI dugout, did nothing. Global Performance Manager Mahila Jayawardene is also included in this list.

Choose the right foreign player: It is surprising that Mumbai even played 10 Indian players in one match – this is not a question on domestic talent, but on the team's selection of foreign players. This is not just about this season. The need to release Cameron Green came because he was not being utilized properly. Buy foreign players to create a balanced team – Every team is taking advantage of foreign talent, so why should MI not get this benefit? Interestingly, the foreign players supported Hardik on the captain's question.

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