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Former India all-rounder Balvinder Singh Sandhu has blamed the Mumbai Indians for the captaincy chaos involving Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma and the players...
With three defeats from three matches, this is not the kind of start they newly-appointed captain or the franchise must have hoped..
Removing Rohit Sharma, who has a proven captaincy record with five IPL title wins, and replacing him with Hardik right away is a decision the franchise should have thought through, reckoned Sandhu..
Lastly, Sandhu made another hard-hitting claim on the Hardik vs Rohit captaincy saga, by mentioning the rumoured 'captaincy deal' in Pandya's contract..
"If, indeed, Hardik's elevation to captaincy depended upon conditions unrelated to his cricketing prowess, such as his transfer from the Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians, it stands as a regrettable transaction..
