Pandya arrives for first training session, performs puja in dressing room

Star Indian allrounder Hardik Pandya joined the Mumbai Indians MI camp ahead of the IPL 2024 season starting from March 22 this yearNotably Pandya is set to captain Mumbai Indians MI replacing their fivetime Indian Premier League IPL trophywinning skipper Rohit Sharma in the 2024 season of the cashrich leagueIn a video posted by Mumbai Indians MI official X formerly Twitter handle Pandya was seen entering the MI dressing room and performing a pooja along with head coach Mark Boucher Boucher is also seen performing a ritual for good luck Pandya thereafter was seen offering sweets to the deity before embracing others Watch the video belowView this post on InstagramA post shared by Mumbai Indians mumbaiindiansIn November last year Pandya moved back from Gujarat Titans GT to his former franchise as part of a trade between both franchises The star allrounder spent two momentous years with GT spearheading their campaign in the cashrich league with aplomb In GTs debut season in 2022 Hardik got them off to a fairytale start with the team lifting the coveted trophyIn 31 matches for GT Pandya scored 833 runs at an average of 3786 and a strike rate of over 133 with six halfcenturies and a best score of 87 He also took 11 wickets for the team with the best figures of 317Also ReadMumbais lsquoRanjirsquo dynastyPandya also played 92 matches for MI from 20152021 scoring 1476 runs at an average of 2733 at a strike rate of over 153 with four halfcenturies and best score of 91 He also took 42 wickets for the team with the best bowling figures of 320 Pandya has won five IPL trophies four with MI 2015 2017 2019 2020 and GT 2022The 17th season of the Indian Premier League IPL will start from March 22 with defending champions Chennai Super Kings CSK set to clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore RCB in a South Indian derby at their home arenaMA Chidambaram StadiumLast years runnersup Gujarat Titans and fivetime champions Mumbai Indians will square off against each other in a mouthwatering clash on March 24 at Ahmedabad The fixture has gained a lot of hype because of star allrounder Pandyas move to his former franchise MI following two great seasons with GT Shubman Gill has taken over the captaincy of GTMumbai Indians MI IPL 2024 squad Rohit Sharma Dewald Brevis Suryakumar Yadav Ishan Kishan Tilak Verma Tim David Vishnu Vinod Arjun Tendulkar Shams Mulani Nehal WadheraJasprit Bumrah Kumar Kartikeya Piyush Chawla Akash Madhwal Jason Behrendorff Hardik Pandya traded from GT Romario Shepherd traded from LSG Gerald Coetzee Dilshan Madushanka Shreyas Gopal Nuwan Thushara Naman Dhir Anshul Kamboj Mohammad Nabi Shivalik Sharma