Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai Indians has become the first team to be eliminated from the qualification race in this season of IPL. Mumbai Indians team looked unstable after Rohit Sharma was removed from the captaincy before the start of IPL.
Interestingly, Mumbai Indians have four players in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup to be held in June. Rohit Sharma will be the captain of the Indian team, while Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah will also be included in the team. But should Hardik Pandya be included in the Indian team or not? Now information is coming to light that there was confusion regarding this.
According to the news of Dainik Jagran, after Hardik Pandya was given the captaincy of Mumbai Indians, there was a possibility that the team would gradually stabilize, but that did not happen. According to a report in Jagran, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma, some members of the selection committee and chairman of the selection committee Ajit Agarkar were not keen on including Hardik Pandya in the final 15.
There has been a lot of discussion about Hardik Pandya during this year’s IPL season, questions were also raised on his form. Pandya has so far scored only 200 runs in 13 matches at a strike rate of 144.93. He has taken 11 wickets in bowling in 13 matches. His bowling average is 10.59 runs per over. After half a season of IPL, Pandya was successful in catching the rhythm of bowling.
It was also said in the news that Hardik Pandya was included in the World Cup squad under pressure. It is also being said that after the T20 World Cup, Rohit Sharma will retire from T20 cricket.
Captain Rohit Sharma and selection committee chairman Ajit Agarkar had announced the Indian team for the T20 World Cup in a press conference. At that time Ajit Agarkar was asked about the inclusion of Hardik in the team. What is the reason for including Hardik Pandya in the team despite his poor form? When asked, Ajit Agarkar said that the selection committee has no other option for Hardik Pandya.