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On Sunday 27 November, it was announced that Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya would return to Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians have taken him from Gujarat Titans in a trade for Rs 15 crore. The return of Hardik Pandya, who captained Gujarat Titans to the championship once and took them to the finals in Mumbai in the second season, has surprised everyone. Mumbai Indians fans are happy, while Ravichandran Ashwin says that MI have won the gold. At the same time, the former Kolkata Knight Riders director recalled the Ravindra Jadeja case in 2010 and criticized the decision.
13 years ago Ravindra Jadeja was banned from the IPL for an entire season because he Mumbai Indians He did not sign his contract renewal with Rajasthan Royals while trying to negotiate a deal with Rajasthan Royals. This action was said to be against the trading and operational rules of the tournament and the IPL organizers took action and banned him for one season. Something similar happened this time too, when the teams finalized the names for retention. Hardik Pandya His name was in the list of Gujarat Titans, but after a few hours he became a part of MI.
Speaking on Oaktree Sports’ YouTube show on IPL 2024 retention, former KKR director Joy Bhattacharya Hardik Pandya The move was considered a bad example for the league and was reminiscent of the same Jadeja incident. He admitted that he fears this could soon become a trend in the IPL. In such a situation franchisees should stop doing this. He said, “I don’t think it’s a very good idea for the tournament, because something similar happened in 2010. Ravindra Jadeja didn’t play a season because he wanted to move on and the franchise signed him. He said now that Rajasthan Royals “And so he was banned for a year because they said you can’t break the system.”
Bhattacharya further added, “If a player suddenly says take me to the auction, but I don’t want to play for you… and once you start encouraging this attitude, then it’s not good to go down that road. That’s why he It was stopped in 2010, but you let it happen to a big player in 2023. The truth is that once you start allowing it, players will realize that if they make such a fuss, they will release the franchise if they can. He… I don’t think he sets a good example for the league.”
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Even Joy Bhattacharya admitted that Gujarat had no option but to allow Hardik to return to Mumbai, it was revealed that the player also wanted the same. He says, “Gujarat had two options. They could have allowed him to leave, made some money from the trade and got some money for the franchise, who wanted to retain another big-name player. That was enough. There is another option. . that Hardik says he wants to leave, I will get one season of average performance from him. Then he will go and I will get nothing out of it. So given the circumstances, Gujarat could not have chosen any other option.”