Hardik Pandya: Mumbai Indians, one of the most successful teams in IPL history, made Hardik Pandya their captain last season. Many players of the team were very unhappy since he became the captain. During this, Hardik also had a fight with a young player of the team, after which there were reports that he would be removed from the team.
But this has not happened and he can now be seen opening with former captain Rohit Sharma in IPL 2025. So let's know about that player, who can be seen opening the innings with Rohit in IPL 2025.
This player had a fight with Hardik Pandya
Let us tell you that the player with whom Hardik Pandya had a fight in the last IPL season is none other than Tilak Verma. In fact, in the match between Delhi and Mumbai during IPL 2024, Mumbai team, chasing the target of 258 runs, could score only 247/9 runs despite a lot of efforts and lost the match by 10 runs.
During this, Tilak Verma scored the highest 63 runs. But despite this, Hardik blamed Tilak for the defeat, due to which there was a lot of debate between the two players. However, he remains a part of the same team this season as well and can open with Rohit in IPL 2025.
Can open with Rohit Sharma
It is known that Tilak Verma is looking in great form among these three, due to which the management of Mumbai Indians can entrust him with the responsibility of opening the innings with Rohit Sharma in IPL 2025. It is known that Tilak has scored 3 centuries and 2 half-centuries in his last 6 T20 matches. During this, he has done the feat of scoring centuries in 3 consecutive matches.
Tilak's IPL record is something like this
Let us tell you that Tilak Verma has so far scored 1156 runs in 38 IPL matches at an average of 39.86 and a strike rate of 146.32. During this, he has scored 6 half-centuries with a best score of 84*. Last season, he scored 416 runs in 13 matches. In such a situation, now it has to be seen how he will perform this season.
Note - Mumbai Indians have not yet confirmed who will be given the responsibility of opening with Rohit Sharma. But looking at Tilak's form, there are high chances of him opening.
