Ambani’s owned starry Mumbai Indians struggled in this Indian Premier League 2024 and eliminated 1st from the playoffs. After completing all playing matches Now, they are sitting at the bottom of the IPL 2024 with 8 points and a net run rate of -0.271.
IPL 2024 season, the five-time IPL-winning MI team experimented a lot, starting by abruptly appointing Hardik Pandya as skipper. However, this hardly changed their fate, and they lost nine of their 13 matches played.
With the IPL 2025 mega auctions scheduled to be held later this year, the MI team may enter the next season without Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya.
Pandya, However, Rohit is leading the Indian squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup—beginning 1 June in the USA and West Indies—and Hardik is his deputy.
Citing the recent performances of Rohit and Pandya, former Indian opener Virender Sehwag expects only Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah might be retained by MI.
Sehwag even compared MI’s situation with that of Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Aamir Khan in one film.
“Tell me something. Having Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan in one film won’t guarantee a hit. Will it? You will have to perform, right? You need a good script. Similarly, all these big names will have to come together and perform on the ground. Rohit Sharma scored one century and MI lost. Where are the rest of the performances?” Sehwag told Cricbuzz.
“Ishan Kishan played the entire season and he couldn’t last beyond the Powerplay. Only two names are certainties at this stage for MI – Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav. They will be the top two names retained. And if it then boils down to the third or 4th option, we will see.”
Mumbai Indians last playoff:
Though both MI and Lucknow Super Giants are out of playoffs race, they would be clashing with each other for the last time in IPL 2024 at Wankhede Stadium on Friday and MI lost the match against LSG by 18 runs.
However, Rohit impressed with his 38-ball 68, But Pandya again did not show any improvement and was out after scoring 16 runs.
