Rohit Sharma to Captain Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025 Opener Instead of Hardik Pandya – Know Why!

Rohit Sharma to Captain Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma will captain Mumbai Indians in their first IPL 2025 match instead of Hardik Pandya. Find out why Hardik is banned, MI’s full schedule, and the complete squad for IPL 2025.

In IPL 2025, Rohit Sharma will captain Mumbai Indians in their first match, not Hardik! Know the reason behind this. The schedule of IPL 2025 has been revealed. The 17th season of IPL is to start on 22 March 2025, in which the opening match is to be played between KKR and RCB. After this, the Mumbai Indians team will take on CSK on 23 March. In this match, the Mumbai team can be captained by Rohit Sharma, not Hardik Pandya. Let us know what is the reason behind this.

Will Rohit Sharma captain MI in the first match of IPL 2025?

Hardik Pandya (Hardik Pandya Mumbai Indians IPL Ban) was penalized during IPL 2024. The Mumbai team clashed with Lucknow Super Giants in their last match of the group stage and in that match, Hardik was banned due to a slow over rate. The Mumbai Indians team violated the IPL Code of Conduct thrice. Due to this, Hardik was fined Rs 30 lakh and banned for one match.

This match was the last match of the Mumbai team, so the ban imposed on Hardik will now be completed in the first match of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025. It was clearly stated in the official statement of IPL last year that Hardik will miss the first match of the next season for Mumbai Indians.

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Now in the absence of Hardik, only Rohit Sharma can be seen captaining Mumbai Indians. Apart from Rohit Sharma, 5-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians can also hand over the command of the team to Suryakumar Yadav. Surya can also replace Hardik.

IPL 2025 Mumbai Indians Full Schedule: Rohit Sharma to Captain Mumbai Indians

1. CSK vs Mumbai Indians- 7:30 PM- 23 March 2025
2. Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians- 7:30 PM- 29 March 2025
3. Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders- 7:30 PM-31 ​​March 2025
4. Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians- 7:30 PM- 4 April 2025
5. Mumbai Indians vs RCB- 7:30 PM- 4 April 2025
6. Mumbai Indians vs RCB- 7:30 PM- 7 April 2025
7. Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians- 7:30 PM- 13 April 2025
8. Mumbai Indians vs SRH- 7:30 PM- 17 April 2025
9. Mumbai Indians vs CSK- 7:30 PM- 20 April 2025
10. SRH vs Mumbai Indians- 7:30 PM- 23 April 2025
11. Mumbai vs Lucknow Super Giants- 7:30 PM- 27 April 2025
12. RR vs Mumbai Indians- 7:30 PM- 1 May 2025
13. Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans-7:30 PM- 6 May 2025
14. Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians- 3:30 PM- 11 May 2025
15. Mumbai vs Delhi Capitals- 7:30 PM- 15 May 2025

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Full squad of Mumbai Indians for IPL 2025

Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Naman Dheer, Robin Minj, Karn Sharma Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Ashwini Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Krishnan Srijit, Raj Angad Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizad Williams, Vignesh Puthur.