A big news is coming out about Mumbai Indians. There is a discussion on social media that the Mumbai franchise may part ways with Hardik Pandya before the IPL 2025 auction. Meaning, they can release him. However, we cannot confirm how much truth there is in this news at the moment. Along with the news of Hardik's release, there is also a lot of discussion about the new captain, for which Suryakumar Yadav's name is doing the rounds. So will Suryakumar Yadav not leave Mumbai Indians now?

Will Suryakumar be the next captain of MI?

If the Mumbai franchise makes Surya its captain for IPL 2025, then the hope of him leaving this team will end. Actually, earlier there were speculations that Suryakumar Yadav could leave Mumbai Indians and join Delhi Capitals. Meaning he could join them in the next season. But now the news going on social media about him being made the captain of Mumbai Indians has turned everything upside down.

Will MI release Hardik?

Mumbai Indians had made Hardik Pandya the captain of their team in place of Rohit Sharma from Gujarat Titans in the last season. Many controversies arose after this decision of Mumbai Indians. But, now there is news that the Mumbai franchise is releasing the player who faced controversies. The news of Hardik Pandya being released from Mumbai Indians, which suddenly spread on social media, has surprised everyone.

Big Breaking News

Hardik Pandya is set to be released from Mumbai Indians. Suryakumar Yadav to be announced as new Captain. pic.twitter.com/5M3nPeaNuu

— Selfless⁴⁵ (@SelflessRohit) August 3, 2024

Then why should Rohit not leave MI?

Hardik Pandya being released from Mumbai Indians means that captaincy will also be a big question for the team in the next season. Suryakumar Yadav's name is being discussed on social media for the new captain. Meaning, the franchise is not in the mood to hand over the captaincy to Rohit again. If these speculations prove to be true, then Rohit Sharma will get another solid reason to leave Mumbai Indians.

After Team India, Surya will take over captaincy from Hardik in MI as well!

By the way, as is being reported, if Suryakumar Yadav replaces Hardik Pandya as the captain of Mumbai Indians, then this will be the second time he will be seen doing so. Earlier, Surya has also taken over the T20 captaincy of Team India from Hardik.

Under his captaincy, the team clean swept the series against Sri Lanka. Not only this, some of Surya's surprising but solid decisions on the field also surprised the fans. It is possible that after seeing all this, Mumbai Indians might have decided to release Hardik and make Surya the captain. However, all these things are just speculations right now. Which are going on in social media. These have not been officially confirmed.