The choice to take away Rohit as skipper got here a shock to the workforce’s followers, a lot of who confirmed their anger on social media.
Rohit has been taking part in for MI since 2011 and was elevated to the function of workforce captain in 2013.
Hardik has additionally performed beneath Rohit at MI earlier than leaving the franchise to steer Gujarat Titans. Underneath Hardik, GT gained the IPL of their debut season.
Within the final version of the league, GT misplaced to Chennai Tremendous Kings within the closing. Hardik was traded again in by MI on this 12 months’s switch window.
Mumbai’s 5 IPL title wins beneath Rohit make him essentially the most profitable captain within the event alongside Chennai Tremendous Kings’ icon MS Dhoni.
A number of the stunned followers went on to burn flags, whereas there have been additionally discreet posts just like the ‘heartbreak’ emoji posted by MI batter Suryakumar Yadav.
This is how the reactions poured in on the microblogging web site ‘X’ (previously Twitter):
