Hardik Pandya and Rohit Sharma
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Expansion
After the ODI World Cup, the Indian team is playing a T20 series with Australia and preparations for IPL 2024 have also started. The auction of players for this tournament, which will start in the month of March next year, is to be held on December 19 in Dubai. The trade window is open before the auction, in which teams can exchange players. So far Romario Shepherd, Devdutt Padikkal and Avesh Khan have been traded. Shepherd has reached Mumbai from Lucknow. Whereas, Padikkal has come from Rajasthan Royals to Lucknow Super Giants and Avesh Khan has come to Rajasthan Royals from Lucknow.
November 26 will be the last day of the trade window. In such a situation, two players are constantly in the news. The first is Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya and the second is Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma. It has been claimed in many reports that Gujarat Titans team is trading its Hardik Pandya with Mumbai Indians. In exchange of Hardik, Mumbai team can send its captain Rohit Sharma or fast bowler Joffra Archer to Gujarat team.
Hardik started his IPL career with Mumbai Indians in 2015. According to reports, Hardik’s move to Mumbai is an all-cash deal, for which Mumbai will have to pay Rs 15 crore ($1.8). In this situation, Mumbai will have to release some players, because at present Mumbai has only Rs 5.5 crore in its purse.
News related to this are coming daily during the trading window, but it has not been confirmed yet. It is difficult to believe these news because Mumbai team is known for showing confidence in its players. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, this team has won all five IPL trophies. In such a situation, how will Mumbai let a player like Rohit go? This is beyond understanding. The same thing applies to Hardik Pandya also. Gujarat team has been a part of two IPL seasons so far and Hardik has captained the team in both. This team became champion in the first season and reached the finals in the second season. In such a situation, it is difficult to understand how both the teams will sacrifice their captains.
What is the reality?
Till now no information has been given by Hardik Pandya or Rohit Sharma in this regard. Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians have also not informed about any such trading. There is no such information on the official website or social media handles of IPL. However, in many reports quoting different sources, it has been claimed that Hardik Pandya can join Mumbai Indians, but it is not clear whether Rohit Sharma will come to Gujarat team instead or Joffra Archer or any other player. .
The trade window will close on 26 November. In such a situation, if Gujarat and Mumbai want to make this historic trade, then they have two days’ time. On Sunday it will become clear which players are in which team.