Statistics never lie. Mumbai Indians (MI) got all their success in the Indian Premier League (IPL) when Rohit Sharma was the captain of the team. Rohit took over the captaincy in 2013 and held this responsibility till 2023.
In this time period, ten years from 2013 to 2023, MI claimed 5 IPL trophies and established themselves as one of the most successful. teams In the league. Before and after Rohit Sharma’s reign, many names led the team, but none of them got the expected success.
key points
- Mumbai Indians have won all five of their IPL titles under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.
- MI has been struggling badly since Hardik Pandya replaced Rohit as captain in 2024.
- Fans are now demanding the return of Rohit Sharma as the captain of Mumbai Indians.
Only Rohit Sharma can bring trophy for MI
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Mumbai Indians captains by year
- 2024–2026: hardik pandya
- 2013–2023: Rohit Sharma (5 titles won: 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020)
- 2013: Ricky Ponting (stepped down mid-season)
- 2010: Dwayne Bravo (singles match)
- 2008-2012: Harbhajan Singh
- 2008: Shaun Pollock (captain in Tendulkar’s absence)
- 2008-2011: Sachin Tendulkar
- Kieron Pollard also led the team on several occasions between 2014 and 2021.
Mumbai Indians team management brought in Hardik Pandya in place of Rohit Sharma as the future captain. Before rejoining MI in 2024, as captain, Pandya enjoyed considerable success with Gujarat Titans (GT). Hardik Pandya was the captain of Gujarat Titans (GT) for two seasons, 2022 and 2023.
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Hardik Pandya is away from Rohit’s legacy
He led the team to its first IPL title in its first year (2022) and to the final in 2023 and then made a comeback. Mumbai Indians In 2024. Given the emergence of captain Hardik Pandya with GT, the MI team management made a controversial move by releasing him ahead of the IPL 2024 season. The desperation shown by the team management was proof that they bet heavily on the seam bowling all-rounder.
The success that Pandya achieved with Gujarat Titans is yet to be achieved with Mumbai Indians. The Blue team’s last IPL trophy-winning season was back in 2020. For them the current season is almost over, so 6 seasons without a trophy.
Hardik Pandya’s captaincy record in MI vs GT in IPL
|
team name |
Year |
Matchbox |
Victory |
Garland |
win percentage |
|
Gujarat Titans |
2022, 2023 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
50% |
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Mumbai Indians |
2024, 2025 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
40% |
Another disappointing end for Mumbai Indians
In the current season, Mumbai team has managed to win only 3 out of 11 matches. With 8 losses and a negative net run rate of -0.585, they are placed ninth in the ten-team league. Only Lucknow Super Giants They are behind him in the stairs. Hardik Pandya has already missed several matches due to injury concerns.
Suryakumar Yadav played as acting captain in place of Hardik. But that too did not prove effective in bringing change. As the team faces another trophy-less season, Mumbai Indians fans are urging the management to bring back Rohit Sharma as captain to get back his glory days.
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