Gujarat Titans retain Hardik amid speculation of him joining Mumbai Indians

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New Delhi. Gujarat Titans have retained their captain Hardik Pandya. Due to which the speculations about his return to Mumbai Indians have come to an end. Apart from retaining 18 players including Hardik. GT has released eight players. In which the names of Shivam Mavi and Alzari Joseph are also included.

For the last few days, speculations about Hardik going back to Mumbai had increased. There is a special relationship between Hardik and Mumbai Indians. This is the same team where he started his IPL career in 2015.

Hardik transformed from an uncapped player to a vital member of Mumbai as a fast bowler. Not only this, he is the player who won the IPL title for the team in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020.

However, Mumbai released him before the mega auction of IPL 2022.

Then, Gujarat Titans held his hand and also handed over the captaincy of the team to him. Hardik also took full advantage of this opportunity and gave a strong performance and captured the trophy. After winning the trophy in the very first season, Hardik was the runner-up in the next season.

Hardik is currently with Gujarat. But, the IPL trade window is still open till December 12.

GT Retained Players: David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudarshan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmed, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Josh Little and Mohit Sharma.

GT Released Players: Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odion Smith, Alzarri Joseph and Dasun Shanaka.

–IANS

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