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After Mumbai Indians announced Hardik Pandya taking over the captaincy from Rohit Sharma on Friday, December 15, the world of social media went abuzz with a high volume of negative reactions to their decision. “#ShameOnMI” trended on the X platform, with the fans tearing into the Mumbai Indians team management for not treating Rohit Sharma well.
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During his 10-year reign as the captain of the Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma led the franchise to five trophies in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Hardik Pandya, who had played a major part in securing four of those IPL titles, with the last being in 2020, returned to Mumbai Indians on a trade deal from Gujarat Titans after taking the new franchise to their first IPL title as captain in 2022.
Ever since the news of Rohit Sharma leaving the Mumbai Indians captaincy was revealed, the fans came out in support of the 36-year-old, wanting to see him back in the leadership role for the franchise. Some of the best fan reactions from the social media platform X are as under:
Moreover, the decision from Mumbai Indians to give the captaincy to Hardik Pandya has been announced just a few days before the IPL 2024 Auction. With that, the team management is allowing the new leader to have his input in putting together their final squad for the IPL 2024.