IPL 2024 | "Wearing blue colour is special for me": Hardik Pandya

Ahead of the IPL 2024 Mumbai Indians newly appointed skipper Hardik Pandya expressed his feelings about wearing the Blue colours of the franchisePandya stated that his journey started from here and returning to the side is special for him Later on in the video he spoke about bowling coach Lasith Malinga and the head coach Mark BoucherThe feeling of wearing blue colour is really special for me The journey started here Coming back and playing which is always gonna be special Malinga is like my brother from the start and Boucher is been wonderful We will make sure that we will play a brand of cricket which all will be proud of and at the same point of time thats going to be a ride no one will forget the rightarm seamer said in a video posted by Mumbai Indians on XAlso Read Pants mental strength and gymnastics background helped him recover faster says NCA staffIn IPL 2024 Hardik Pandya is all set to lead MI after replacing their fivetime IPL champion Rohit SharmaIn 2023 November Pandya made a shift to Mumbai Indians from Gujarat Giants The Giants under Pandyas leadership lifted the Indian T20 showpiece in their debut season The star allrounder spent two momentous years with GT spearheading their campaign in the cashrich league with aplombIn 31 matches for GT the righthand batter has 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 Read Pakistan set to host triseries with New Zealand and South Africa ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025Pandya 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 opening clash of the IPL 2024 will be played between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Banglore on March 22 at the MA Chidambaram StadiumAfter Pandya leaving Gujarat and its captaincy sensational batsman Shubman Gill has been handed the charge of the pack Last years runnersup Gujarat Titans and fivetime champions Mumbai Indians will square off against each other in a mouthwatering clash on March 24 at AhmedabadMumbai 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 SharmaWith ANI Inputs