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Hardik Pandya may get a setback, Mumbai can retain these players including Rohit Sharma

Mumbai Indians can retain Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Kieron Pollard: A total of 10 teams will participate in the next season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2022. Two new teams in the form of Lucknow and Ahmedabad have joined this biggest cricket league in the world. There is a mega auction before the start of IPL 2022. According to the report, the IPL 2022 auction will be held in December. Earlier, according to the rules of the IPL, all the teams would have to release the list of their players. According to the information, Mumbai Indians can retain captain Rohit Sharma, all-rounder Kieran Pollard and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. On the other hand, Hardik Pandya will be sent to the franchise auction pool.

Hardik Pandya may be out of the ‘core’ players of Mumbai Indians, the most successful team in the history of IPL. He has been playing as a specialist batsman for some time now. A senior IPL official related to the retention of players said, “I think BCCI will have a right-to-match formula (RTM means the right to add a player to the team for an amount equal to the bid of the other team). If there is no RTM, then four players can be allowed to retain. Rohit Sharma and India’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will be their first choice. Kieron Pollard will be the third choice of the team. The strength of this team is consistency in performance, in which these three His pillars are.”

This official said, “The chances of Hardik Pandya being retained in the team are less than 10 per cent in the current circumstances. Yes, he can perform better than everyone else in the next few matches of the T20 World Cup, but still in the team.” Chances are slim for them. If four players are retained or there is one RTM then Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan will be big contenders for that spot.”

This decision regarding Hardik is completely based on cricket, because he is no longer an all-rounder like before. Hardik used to bowl fast at a speed of 130 km earlier, but after his return from injury, he is not doing so. Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer may leave Delhi Capitals for the role of captaincy.

If sources close to Shreyas Iyer are to be believed, he is keen on the role of leading the team and it is unlikely that Delhi Capitals will hand him over the captaincy again. The team had secured a place in the IPL play-offs this year under the leadership of Rishabh Pant. New franchise teams may get a chance to pick three cricketers each from the players’ pool before the auction. To give a level playing field to all the teams, the BCCI is considering giving two new franchises (Lucknow and Ahmedabad) a chance to pick three players each from the available pool before the auction.

He said, “The rationale behind this is to give new teams a chance to build a ‘core’. Obviously there is a need to work out the modalities, which includes the fees of the players as well as whether That particular player wants to be picked before the auction. Most of the old teams will have the option of retain, so the new teams can get this opportunity.”

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