Indian all-rounder and Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has recalled the emotional second when the five-time IPL champions had bought him for a base value of INR 10 lakhs in 2015 forward of his crew’s IPL 2025 sport towards the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on April 7.
In a heartwarming video, Hardik Pandya has shared his deep admiration for the Mumbai Indians. The star Indian all-rounder has performed a key position in 4 of their 5 title wins. Hardik stated that the Mumbai Indians have at all times been his favourite crew, and the present captain additionally revealed the gamers who had been in his cell phone’s wallpaper.
Captain Hardik Pandya shares emotional reminiscence of being picked by Mumbai Indians
Earlier than becoming a member of the Mumbai Indians, Hardik even had a wallpaper of legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, and Lasith Malinga on his cellphone. Surprisingly, Hardik did not have Rohit’s picture as wallpaper regardless of his immense contributions to the MI franchise. Now main the identical franchise, he feels proud to be a part of the groups which have persistently set excessive requirements over time.
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Hardik Pandya stated in a video posted by Star Sports activities, X: “Getting picked by the Mumbai Indians was much more particular as a result of Mumbai was at all times my favourite crew. I had a wallpaper on my cellphone of Sachin sir, Harbhajan (Singh), and I believe Malli’s (Lasith Malinga) face was there. So, I’ve at all times been a Mumbai fan, and clearly getting the chance to return and play for this franchise was much more particular. And clearly my journey began from there.”
𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐤 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐈! 💙@hardikpandya7 shares the emotional second of being picked by @mipaltan and divulges he nonetheless has wallpapers of his MI idols.
Will Hardik ship a match profitable all-round efficiency vs #RCB?#IPLonJioStar 👉… pic.twitter.com/Q4z3SLjwY1
— Star Sports activities (@StarSportsIndia) April 7, 2025
Hardik Pandya backed by Kapil Dev for India’s captaincy
In the meantime, Pandya’s captaincy hasn’t labored properly thus far, with Mumbai Indians profitable simply one among their 4 matches within the ongoing IPL 2025. Their subsequent huge conflict is towards the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday, April 7.
Not too long ago, Kapil Dev backed Hardik to turn into India’s white-ball captain regardless of Shubman Gill already being Rohit Sharma’s deputy in the mean time. He was earlier denied India’s T20I captaincy, with Suryakumar Yadav taking up the job after Rohit’s retirement from the format.
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Rohit Sharma returns to nets forward of MI’s huge conflict towards RCB
However, Rohit Sharma took half in Mumbai Indians’ web session on Sunday (April 6) to be prepared for his or her huge sport towards Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Monday at Wankhede Stadium. He had missed the final match towards Lucknow Tremendous Giants after hurting his knee earlier than the sport.
Rohit was one of many first gamers to go into the nets. He batted alongside teammate Ryan Rickelton for about half-hour and confronted high quality bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, and Karn Sharma.
Whereas Rickelton was batting, Rohit, who scored 13, 8, and 0 in his three video games for MI thus far within the event, watched from behind and even admired a number of of his clear pictures, particularly a strong straight drive on the nets.
MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene stated on Rohit: “Ro [Rohit] appears to be like good; he’ll bat at this time as properly. We had been touring yesterday. He’ll have successful at this time, after which we’ll do an evaluation on that.”
