The 38th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians at Jaipur Stadium. Hardik Pandya has achieved a big achievement in this match. Actually, Hardik Pandya is playing his 100th match for the franchise today. Hardik Pandya was a part of Mumbai Indians from 2015 to 2021. MI released him before the IPL 2022 mega auction.
After that Pandya was included in their team by Gujarat Titans and made the captain of the team. Under Hardik’s leadership, GT had won the title in the very first season, while the team became the runner-up in the IPL 2023 season. But now Mumbai Indians have called their favorite back into the team and not only this, they have also given him the captaincy of the team.
Hardik Pandya was gifted a Mumbai jersey by Mumbai Indians coach and legendary bowler Lasith Malinga to commemorate his 100th match. The number 100 was written in golden letters on this jersey. Malinga gifting the jersey is a bit shocking for the fans because during the opening match of Mumbai, the relationship between Hardik and Lasith Maling was not looking good. A video of Hardik Pandya ignoring Malinga also went viral. In such a situation, gifting him a jersey is a bit surprising for the fans.
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Talking about the match, Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bat first. Mumbai has made three major changes in the team for today’s match. Mumbai has given a chance to Nuwan Thushara, Nehal Vadhera in the playing eleven this season. Piyush Chawla has once again returned to the team. While Shreyas Gopal, Romario Shepherd and Akash Madhwal had to go out.
At the same time, Rajasthan’s leading bowler Sandeep Sharma has returned to the playing eleven after injury. Sandeep Sharma has been given a chance in place of Kuldeep Sen. Batting first, Mumbai Indians scored 179 runs for 9 wickets. Tilak Verma and Nehal Wadhera saved the team’s innings by making a partnership of 99 runs. Thanks to these two young batsmen, Mumbai has scored a respectable score. Tilak Verma scored 65 runs in 45 balls, while Nehal scored 49 runs in 24 balls. Rajasthan needs 180 runs to win.