The thrill of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League continues. Now the 9th match of the league is to be played between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans. The match will be played at home ground Ahmedabad in Gujarat. But before this, big news is coming for the Mumbai Indians camp. Mumbai Indians have changed their captain before their second match in the league. Mumbai Indians had to face defeat to Chennai Super Kings in the first match of IPL, now the team is dreaming of winning in the second match.

Also, the post of captain of the team has also been changed.

Mumbai changed its captain before the match with GT

Mumbai Indians is set to play its second match of IPL 2025. Even in the first match, the team lost under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, but now captain Hardik is returning in the second match. Hardik Pandya was not part of the team in the first match, but now he will be present in the team as captain in the Gujarat vs Mumbai match.

Let us tell you, under the captaincy of Hardik, Gujarat Titans won their first IPL title in the year 2022. At the same time, next year also Hardik took Gujarat to the final. But now Hardik will come down to win Mumbai.

Why Hardik Pandya was not in the first match

Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya (Hardik Pandya) could not become a part of the match against Chennai Super Kings. The reason for this was that last year Hardik was banned for a match due to a slow over.

But Mumbai Indians had played all their matches at that season. Due to which Hardik had to face his sentence in the first match of the new season. But now the regular captain of Mumbai Indians in the second match is ready to return. He will come down with the intention of winning the match against Gujarat Titans.

How is Hardik's captaincy career

Hardik Pandya has captained well in the IPL. As we told you have made Gujarat Ties the champions. Along with this, he has also made a runnerup for the second time. However, under the captaincy of Hardik, the condition of Mumbai Indians has not been special.

Hardik has captained 45 matches of IPL. In which the team of Hardik Pandya has won 26 matches as captain and has lost 19 matches. In this way Hardik Pandya has won 57.77 percent matches as captain.