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Watch: Hardik Pandya Sets Up Temple Inside Mumbai Indians Dressing Room, Mark Boucher Breaks Coconut

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For the first time since leaving Mumbai Indians there years ago, Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya returned to the franchise’s dressing room ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season starting on March 22 this year. Hardik, who was traded-in from the Gujarat Titans a few months, ago, has been in the headlines because of the franchise’s decision to appoint him the captain, in place of the talismanic Rohit Sharma. As Hardik first stepped into the MI camp, ahead of the new season, he installed a temple in the dressing room, while head coach Mark Boucher broke coconut. In a video posted by Mumbai Indians (MI) official X (formerly Twitter) handle, Pandya was seen entering the MI dressing room and performing a pooja along with head coach Mark Boucher. #OneFamily #MumbaiIndians @hardikpandya7 pic.twitter.com/XBs5eJFdfS — Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 11, 2024 In November last year, Pandya moved back from Gujarat Titans (GT) to his former franchise as part of a trade between both franchises. The star all-rounder spent two momentous years with GT, spearheading their campaign in …

Why Mumbai Indians Removed Rohit Sharma From Captaincy? Mark Boucher Explains

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Rohit Sharma(Image: IPL) Ahead of the start of the IPL 2024 season, 5 times IPL title winners Mumbai Indians made a surprising move by replacing Hardik Pandya as their new captain. Ahead of the IPL 2024 Auction, rumours started to flood regarding Hardik Pandya’s possible trade with Mumbai Indians. At first, Gujarat Titans included Hardik’s name in their IPL 2024 retained players list but later they confirmed their skipper’s trade with Mumbai Indians. Later Mumbai Indians also confirmed the trade and named Hardik Pandya as their new captain for the 2024 season. The move makes the cricket community go in shock even though many criticize the move some praise Mumbai Indians for this futuristic decision. Why Mumbai Indians Removed Rohit Sharma From Captaincy Though many through their view on Mumbai India’s decision, head coach Mark Boucher reckoned it was a ‘cricketing decision’ while opening up about it for the first time. “I think it was purely a cricketing decision. We saw the window period to get Hardik back as a player. For me it’s a …

Mark Boucher explains why Mumbai Indians replaced Rohit Sharma with Hardik Pandya as captain | Cricket News

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Mumbai Indians head coach Mark Boucher has opened up about the decision why the franchise decided to replace Rohit Sharma with Hardik Pandya for the forthcoming IPL edition. “I think it was purely a cricketing decision. We saw the window period to get Hardik back as a player. For me it’s a transition phase. A lot of people don’t understand in India, people get quite emotional But you know you take the emotions away from it. I think it’s just more of a cricketing decision that was made and I do think it is going to bring the best out of Rohit as a person as a player. Just let him go out and enjoy and score some good runs,” Mark Boucher says on Smash Sports podcast. “I mean one of the things I have spoken about is when you arrive at the IPL and he (Chris Morris) will be able to tell you as well that there’s a lot of stuff going on, there’s photoshoots and this and that and a lot of emphasis …