The Mumbai Indians’ top management is inclined to return the captaincy to their most successful player, Rohit Sharma, for the 2027 Indian Premier League. Mumbai may go with Rohit once more, according to India Today, raising questions about Hardik Pandya’s future and the team’s intentions for its next captain.
Sports Tak claims that Rohit is at the top of the list of applicants that the MI management is evaluating. The situation comes after Rohit was stripped of his captaincy position before IPL 2024 and served the team just as a specialist hitter for three seasons, from 2024 to 2026.
Mumbai finished last in Hardik’s debut season as captain, despite the fact that the shift in leadership was a hot topic of conversation. Although the five-time champions have not won the IPL since 2020 and have not made it back to the final, they made it to the playoffs in 2025. Although Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav had also surfaced as possible contenders for the captaincy, Mumbai may now choose to reinstate Rohit, who is still the team’s most successful captain.
Mumbai finished last in Hardik’s debut season as captain, despite the fact that the shift in leadership was a hot topic of conversation. Although the five-time champions have not won the IPL since 2020 and have not made it back to the final, they made it to the playoffs in 2025. Although Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav had also surfaced as possible contenders for the captaincy, Mumbai may now choose to reinstate Rohit, who is still the team’s most successful captain.
Prior to IPL 2024, Hardik Pandya took Rohit is place as MI captain on December 15, 2023. Given Rohit is lengthy tenure as the franchise’s captain, the decision garnered a lot of attention at the time. The captaincy issue has come up again ahead of the upcoming season, with the administration reportedly considering other options.
MI only made it to the playoffs once every three seasons while Hardik was captain. The Baroda all-rounder led MI to the bottom of the points standings in the 2024 Indian Premier League. With just four victories and ten losses from 14 games this year, the five-time winners came in at number nine.
