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Mumbai Indians, who are counted among the most successful teams of IPL, are going through their most difficult phase these days. There was a time when there was pressure on the opposing teams on hearing the name of Mumbai Indians. This team, which won the trophy five times between 2013 and 2020, was considered the strongest franchise of IPL. Now the team’s performance has continuously declined in the last three seasons and now questions are being raised not only on the decisions of the team management but also on the captaincy of Hardik Pandya.

As soon as Mumbai Indians are out of IPL 2026 playoffs, fans have once again started remembering the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Under Rohit’s leadership, Mumbai not only won 5 IPL trophies but also won the Champions League title twice. This is the reason why even today fans give the example of his captaincy.

Talking about Hardik Pandya, under his captaincy Gujarat Titans won the title of IPL 2022. After this, in IPL 2023 also the team reached the final under his captaincy but lost in the title match. Impressed by Hardik’s captaincy, Mumbai Indians brought him back into the team and handed over the responsibility of captaincy.

Mumbai Indians faltered under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya.

Statistics are witness to the fact that under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya, Mumbai’s dominance has ended. In 2024, Mumbai remained at the bottom of the table. After this, the team somehow managed to qualify for the playoffs in IPL 2025 but is once again out of the race for the playoffs in 2026.

Average performance with bat and ball along with his fitness and inability to keep the team together in moments of pressure became the main reasons for the defeat. After becoming the captain of Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya has scored 586 runs in 37 matches. In which there is neither a century nor a half-century. During this period he took 29 wickets.

Hardik Pandya has captained Mumbai Indians in 37 matches so far. Of these, the team won only 15 matches, while it had to face defeat in 22 matches. As captain, Hardik’s winning percentage has been 40.54, while the team has lost about 59 percent of the matches. It is clear from these figures that Hardik has not been seen making any significant impact as captain so far.