Big turnaround likely in IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians to trade Rohit Sharma for Hardik Pandya?

IPL Trading : As the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction is scheduled to be held in Dubai on December 19, there is a big news coming out ahead of the auction in which Hardik Pandya may return to his first IPL franchise Mumbai Indians as Mumbai Indians look to include Hardik Pandya in their squad. Some big players will have to be released or traded with names like Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan gaining momentum.

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Will Mumbai Indians trade Rohit Sharma for Hardik Pandya?

As the deadline for the retention list for IPL 2024 draws nearer, there is also talk of some big transfers with Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya and Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma being the most talked about. According to media reports, the current captain of Gujarat Titans (GT) Hardik Pandya is likely to return to Mumbai Indians (MI) once again and there is also talk that Mumbai Indians may trade Rohit Sharma for Hardik Pandya, meaning that Rohit will join Gujarat next season. Can take command of titans. According to reports from sources, there is a possibility of a big deal between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans.

Hardik made Gujarat Titans champions in his debut season

Hardik Pandya made Gujarat Titans champions in the debut season under his captaincy in the year 2022. Hardik Pandya was also adjudged 'Player of the Match' in the final against Rajasthan Royals (RR). Also in 2023, Gujarat Titans made it to the IPL finals for the second time, losing to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and finishing as runners-up.

Rohit Sharma made Mumbai champions five times

Rohit Sharma is counted among the most successful captains in IPL along with MS Dhoni who has made Mumbai Indians champions five times in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020, in such a situation Mumbai Indians will not want to drop Rohit Sharma. If Mumbai Indians want to return Hardik to the team and also want to retain Rohit in the team, they will also have the option of releasing Ishan Kishan. Apart from this, Mumbai Indians are also being discussed to release English fast bowler Jofra Archer.