An Indian Express report claims that there are speculations that GT not solely added Rs 15 crore of their purse forward of the IPL 2024 public sale after buying and selling Pandya to MI but in addition obtained a whopping sum of Rs 100 crore.
Recently India’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya changed Rohit Sharma as Mumbai Indians (MI) captain for the upcoming IPL 2024. Pandya who was initially retained by Gujarat Titans forward of the IPL Auction 2024 was traded to MI from Gujarat Titans (GT) in an all-cash deal. An Indian Express report claims that there are speculations that GT not solely added Rs 15 crore of their purse forward of the public sale after buying and selling Pandya to MI but in addition obtained a whopping sum of Rs 100 crore.
Hardik Pandya’s commerce particulars (Indian Express): pic.twitter.com/MNiN5grdYC
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Furthermore, the switch of the 30-year-old participant was helpful for the Titans by way of their enterprise. In the yr 2021, CVC Capital made a considerable cost of INR 5625 to develop into part of IPL. As a results of this deal, CVC Capital’s valuation is anticipated to expertise a big enhance by the tip of the fiscal yr.
With Pandya’s new duty as a captain, he additionally introduced an finish to Rohit Sharma’s ten-year stint as an MI skipper who led the staff to file 5 IPL triumphs (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020).
However, Pandya’s announcement as MI captain was not properly obtained by Rohit Sharma followers as they began slamming the franchise on X (previously generally known as Twitter) with traits of ‘ShameOnMI.’ Now, followers’ dissatisfaction with MI’s choice has impacted the five-time IPL winners a lot that it has led to a drop of 9 lakh followers on their official Instagram account.
While it’s unsure whether or not Rohit voluntarily stepped down as captain or not, the consequence of MI’s choice has witnessed a drop from 13.2 million to 12.3 million followers on Instagram.
As per sources, Pandya had set a situation of returning to Mumbai Indians provided that he’s provided the captaincy position.
