Due to the ban, Hardik will not be able to play the first match in IPL 2025
In IPL 2025 starting from March 22, Chennai Super Kings are going to face Mumbai Indians on March 23. This match between the two teams will be played at MA Chidambaram Cricket Stadium in Chennai.
However, Mumbai Indians’ regular captain Hardik Pandya will not be able to play in this match, as he has been banned for one match due to slow over rate in the last league match during the last IPL. So, now it is known who will take over the captaincy of Mumbai Indians in Hardik’s absence.
This player got the responsibility of captaincy
Let us tell you that for the high-voltage match against Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians have appointed Suryakumar Yadav as the captain of the team in place of Hardik Pandya. Mumbai Indians have also shared a post on their official X account regarding this.
Although the team had two more options in the form of Rohit Sharma and Mitchell Santner, the Mumbai management has handed over this responsibility to Indian T20 cricket team captain Suryakumar Yadav.
Mumbai Indians Squad for IPL 2025
Hardik Pandya (captain), Suryakumar Yadav (vice-captain), Jaspreet Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar, Naman Dheer, Tilak Verma, Ryan Rickelton (wicketkeeper), Robin Minj (wicketkeeper), Bevan Jacobs, Krishnan Srijit, Raj Bawa, Corbin Bosch, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacks, Ashwini Kumar, Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Vignesh Puthur, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Karn Sharma, Reece Topley, Satyanarayana Raju.
See this tweet of Mumbai Indians
On the other hand, on Suryakumar Yadav being made the captain for the first match of IPL 2025, Hardik Pandya said – Sky (Suryakumar Yadav) has scored a lot of runs in the last few years. According to me, he is batting brilliantly. He has proved to be a match winner for India and Mumbai Indians.
On the other hand, if we give you information about Suryakumar Yadav’s captaincy records, then he has captained the team in a total of 39 matches. During this, he has won 28 times, while the team has also faced defeat 10 times. This is going to be Surya’s 40th match as captain in IPL on March 23 against CSK.
