A big news related to Mumbai Indians, the most successful team of the Indian Premier League (IPL), is coming out. According to media reports, before the start of IPL 2023 (IPL 2023), Mumbai Indians have decided to replace Rohit Sharma with the captaincy of an explosive player. However, this change will be seen only in the first few matches of IPL 2023. Rohit Sharma, the regular captain of Mumbai Indians, may sit out of the opening matches of the league.
Changed captain of Mumbai Indians
According to media reports, the team captain of 5-time IPL champion Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma can sit out in the match during this season. The team management of Mumbai Indians has taken all this to reduce the workload of Rohit Sharma keeping in mind the upcoming ODI World Cup. Let us tell you that after the IPL final, Team India has to play the final of the World Test Championship after a week.
This player got a big responsibility
In place of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav will take charge of Mumbai Indians in the opening matches of IPL 2023. The first match of the Mumbai Indians team is to be held on 2 April with Royal Challengers Bangalore. In this match, Suryakumar Yadav can be seen handling the captaincy of Mumbai Indians. Suryakumar Yadav, however, has not taken over the responsibility of captaincy even once in the IPL. At the same time, the last season of Mumbai Indians was very disappointing. The team had lost 8 matches in a row and was at the bottom 10th position in the points table.
Won the title 5 times under Rohit’s captaincy
Rohit Sharma is the most successful captain of Mumbai Indians as well as IPL. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians have captured the IPL trophy in the years 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022.
Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2023:
Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Devald Brewis, Tilak Verma, Jofra Archer, Tim David, Mohammad Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Tristan Stubbs, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Cameron Green, Jhye Richardson, Piyush Chawla, Dwayne Johnson, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal.