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Will Jasprit Bumrah become the captain or will this player’s luck change? Countdown to change begins in Mumbai Indians

Rahul Kumar | July 15, 2026 4:22 PM CST

Jasprit Bumrah will be the next captain of Mumbai Indians?Image Credit source: PTI

More than a month has passed since the end of the IPL 2026 season and till now major changes have taken place in some teams. Rishabh Pant has been dismissed from Lucknow Super Giants, while the 18-year long relationship between Chennai Super Kings and coach Stephen Fleming has also ended. Now something similar is going to happen in Mumbai Indians also. Mumbai Indians, which was the worst team of the season, is going to start its review in the next few days. The most important thing in this is the change in captaincy, in which there is another contender along with Jasprit Bumrah.

MI season review, questions on captaincy

A media report has revealed that after the last season of Mumbai Indians, head coach Mahela Jayawardene has sent his report on the team's performance to the management. After this report, the management will review this report in the coming week i.e. after July 19, in which everything from captaincy to the performance of the players will be discussed. The most important issue in this discussion will be the role of captaincy and the coach himself.

Coach Mahela Jayawardene's future is also at stake but the biggest decision is regarding captaincy. A decision has to be taken as to who will lead the record 5-time champion Mumbai Indians in the coming season. The management can discuss two contenders to replace the current captain Hardik Pandya. The first name in this is that of star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who for the first time in his IPL career took charge of the team in a match last season itself. The other contender along with him in this race is young batsman Tilak Verma, who was also recently made the vice-captain of Team India.

Discussion on Hardik Pandya's trade also?

As far as Hardik Pandya is concerned, the bet played on him was not successful. In the last 3 seasons, under the captaincy of Hardik, Mumbai remained the worst player twice, while reaching the playoffs once. Especially the last season was very bad, where Hardik himself could not bring life to the team even with his performance.

Since then it is being considered certain that the relationship between Hardik and Mumbai will not progress further. In such a situation, it is certain that he will be traded or go to auction and this will also be an important issue in this review meeting. There will be discussion on which players including Hardik need to be traded or who need to be released. This means that the coming days are going to be important for the future of Mumbai.

Sumit Sundriyal

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