Hardik Pandya not moving to Mumbai Indians, retained by Gujarat Titans ahead of IPL 2024 auction
Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya will not move back to Mumbai Indians (MI) ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction 2024.
Published : Nov 26, 2023 17:29 IST , CHENNAI - 1 MIN READ
FILE PHOTO: Gujarat Titans’ Hardik Pandya in action. | Photo Credit: K.R Deepak / The Hindu
In a stunning move, Gujarat Titans (GT) has retained star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya despite talks of him moving to Mumbai Indians (MI) ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction 2024.
In 2022, Hardik captained the Titans to victory in their inaugural IPL season, earning the Player of the Match title in the final against the Rajasthan Royals. The following year, Titans, led by Hardik, reached the IPL final again but finished as runner-up to the Chennai Super Kings.
Hardik would have been the third captain to be traded after Ravichandran Ashwin moved from Punjab Kings to Delhi Capitals, and Rajasthan Royals traded Ajinkya Rahane to Delhi Capitals, in 2020.
Hardik started his IPL journey at the Mumbai Indians as an uncapped player in 2015, signed for Rs 10 lakhs. He contributed to Mumbai’s championship victories in 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020.
Hardik was released by MI ahead of the 2022 mega auction. The five-time IPL champion decided to retain Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard.
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