Mumbai Indians: The IPL 2024 season was quite average for the Mumbai Indians team under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. Due to which it is believed that the team management of Mumbai Indians can take a big decision on the captaincy of the team before the IPL 2025 auction. According to reports in the media, the owner of the Mumbai franchise is not very impressed with the captaincy of Hardik Pandya.

On the other hand, Rohit Sharma does not want to become the captain of Mumbai Indians once again. Due to which it is believed that now the world's number 1 all-rounder will be seen taking the responsibility of captaincy for Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2025 season.

Ben Stokes became part of the Mumbai Indians franchise

Mumbai Indians' SA 20 franchise MI Cape Town has roped in Ben Stokes ahead of the third edition of the T20 league. According to media reports, MI Cape Town may also give Ben Stokes the responsibility of captaincy of the franchise team.

If this happens and the MI Cape Town franchise performs well in the SA 2025 season under the captaincy of Ben Stokes, then the Mumbai Indians franchise can also include Ben Stokes in its team for the 2025 season.

Ben Stokes and Trent Boult join MI Cape Town for 3rd season of SA20https://t.co/7WPymkhxtZ

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Ben Stokes can become the next captain of Mumbai Indians

According to the reports coming from Hardik Pandya in the past days, Hardik may leave Mumbai Indians before the IPL 2025 auction. At the same time, team veterans Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav can also turn to different franchises to become captain. Due to which it is believed that the team management of Mumbai Indians can decide to appoint England's legendary all-rounder Ben Stokes as the captain for the IPL 2025 season.

Trent Boult returns to Mumbai Indians along with Ben Stokes

For the third edition of SA 20, the Mumbai Indians franchise included Ben Stokes as well as New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult and Afghanistan all-rounder Azmatullah Umarzai in the team squad. With the inclusion of these veterans, the MI Capetown team now looks very strong. Due to which MI Capetown also has a very high chance of winning SA 20 this time.