Sunil Gavaskar mentioned that Mumbai Indians changing Rohit Sharma as captain for Hardik Pandya was finished as a result of the franchise are likely to all the time make their selections with an eye fixed on the long run.
“Look they’ve all the time thought of the way forward for the franchise. Rohit Sharma is already 36 years outdated and in addition faces immense strain being the captain of India for all three codecs. They’ve tried to scale back a few of that burden and provides that duty to a younger participant like Hardik Pandya who has led a brand new franchise just like the Gujarat Indians to again to again finals and even gained the title. That is the thought behind MI for this variation,” Gavaskar mentioned on Star Sports activities.
The 74-year-old additionally opined that relieving Rohit from the captaincy would additionally profit the participant and the franchise. “Handing Hardik the captaincy is just going to profit the Mumbai Indians. They’ve now given the liberty to Rohit to go and categorical himself freely on the prime of the order. Hardik can then come at No.3 or No.5 and assist them publish totals of 200-plus,” he added.
Every week in the past, MI coach Mark Boucher had additionally termed the change in management as a ‘cricketing choice.’ “I feel it was purely a cricketing choice. We noticed the window interval to get Hardik again as a participant. For me it’s a transition part. Lots of people don’t perceive in India, folks get fairly emotional. However you recognize you are taking the feelings away from it. I feel it’s simply extra of a cricketing choice that was made and I do suppose it will deliver the most effective out of Rohit as an individual as a participant. Simply let him exit and revel in and rating some good runs,” Boucher mentioned on the Smash Sports activities podcast.
Final yr, Pandya had made his return to the Mumbai Indians from Gujarat Titans in what has gone down as one of many largest Indian Premier League transfers.