Hardik Pandya: In IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians took a big decision surprising everyone and removed Rohit Sharma from the captaincy and made Hardik Pandya the captain. But Mumbai Indians' performance under Hardik's captaincy was not very special.

Due to which the team was at the bottom of the points table. But now Mumbai Indians can release Hardik Pandya in IPL 2025. Because, there is a mega auction to be held in IPL 2025. Due to which Mumbai can take this decision.

Mumbai's relationship with Hardik Pandya may end

Let us tell you that the mega auction of IPL 2025 is to be held in December. For which the discussion has already intensified. While it is being claimed in media reports that Mumbai Indians can release Hardik Pandya from their team.

However, there is no confirmation from Mumbai regarding this news yet. Earlier, Hardik Pandya was stripped of the captaincy of Team India and now Mumbai Indians can also take away the captaincy from him. Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya's performance in IPL 2024 was not very good.

Not Rohit, this player can become captain

Let us tell you that, according to media reports, after removing Hardik Pandya from the captaincy, Mumbai Indians can make Suryakumar Yadav the captain instead of Rohit Sharma. This is because Rohit Sharma has announced his retirement from T20 International.

Due to which he is no longer the T20 captain of Team India. Therefore, now Mumbai can make Team India's T20 captain Surya the captain of the team in the next season. Recently, under the captaincy of Surya, Team India won the series against Sri Lanka by 3-0.

Mumbai can retain these players

Looking at the mega auction, it is believed that all the teams can retain three Indian and one foreign player. Due to which Mumbai Indians can retain Indian players Jaspreet Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma from their team. Whereas among the foreign players, MI can retain explosive batsman Tim David in their team.