Hardik Pandya May Lose MI Captaincy: India's vice-captain Hardik Pandya could not be the captain in T20 World Cup. Suryakumar Yadav has been made the new captain after Rohit Sharma retired. This Surya again played for Mumbai Indians under the leadership of Hardik in IPL. After that, the question started to arise, will Hardik lose the leadership of Mumbai in IPL this time after the national team?

India's chief selector Ajit Agarkar has answered why Surya was made the captain instead of Hardik. "We did not select the captain in one day," he said at a press conference in Mumbai before the team flew out to play the Sri Lanka series. It has been discussed for many days. I got the news from Sajghar. After that I thought of Surya as the new captain.”

Agarkar's words raise questions, but is Hardik's image not very good in Sajghar? Is his relationship with teammates bad? That is why most of the cricketers want to see Surya as the captain? However, Agarkar did not say anything clearly about that. However, he made it clear that Surya has been made the captain with the 2026 T20 World Cup in mind.

Agarkar said, “We have time. The next T20 World Cup is two years later. Hope Surya will lead well." Besides, Agarkar also brought up Hardik's tendency to get injured. He said, “Hardik is a very important cricketer of the team. But he has fitness issues. He is very injury prone. Surya deserves to be captain. He has good cricket brain. Hopefully he will be available in almost every match."

This decision by the selectors put Hardik in more trouble. Because Mumbai Indians is one of the most successful franchises in IPL. They have to be successful to stay captain. They didn't even think of removing Rohit after being the captain of the national team only because he couldn't win a trophy in the last few seasons. That Rohit won the World Cup for the country. Hardik's success there is nothing like that. So they will think more about Hardik if they want to move? The question arises.

Mumbai bought Hardik from Gujarat Titans overnight ahead of last season's IPL. He was made captain. Hardik made Gujarat champions once and runners up once. Maybe that's why he was made the captain. But Hardik failed in Mumbai. After he became the captain, it was heard that the Mumbai dressing room had split into two. It is reported that many cricketers do not like Hardik. On the other hand, Surya's acceptance among Mumbai's young cricketers is considerable.

Hardik is further troubled by the big auction next season. Teams can retain more cricketers in smaller auctions. But they could hold only four people for so long before the big auction. Among them, one foreign cricketer could have been retained. This time, however, the governing committee of IPL has not told how many cricketers can be retained.

If the four can be retained, then Hardik may have a problem. Because Mumbai team has Rohit, Surya along with Yashpreet Bumrah. Rohit has won Mumbai five times. It is important to have an experienced cricketer like him. Surya is the best T20 batsman in India right now. He became the captain of the country. Experts call Bumrah the best bowler in the world. There is no question of leaving him. If Mumbai is thinking of retaining a foreign cricketer this time, Hardik is most likely to be let go.