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“It’s a very surreal feeling to play the 100th game for the franchise, started my journey with MI, I’m very grateful,” Hardik said after MI won the toss and opted to bat against RR.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya is playing his 100th match for Mumbai Indians (MI) as they take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) in an IPL 2024 match in Jaipur on Monday. Hardik said that he was “very grateful” to have played 100 matches for MI and stated that it was a “surreal feeling”. “It’s a very surreal feeling to play the 100th game for the franchise, started my journey with MI, I’m very grateful,” Hardik said after MI won the toss and opted to bat against RR.
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RR vs MI, IPL 2024 match in Jaipur
At the toss, Hardik said that MI had made three changes for the game against RR and explained their decision to bat first. “We are going to bat first, looks like a good wicket, we didn’t see dew in the last couple of days hence the decision to bat first. We got three changes – Nuwan, Wadhera and Piyush Chawla come in. Shepherd, Madhwal, and Shreyas Gopal go out,” said Hardik.
A very special 100 tonight for our #3️⃣3️⃣ 💙#MumbaiMeriJaan #MumbaiIndians #RRvMI | @hardikpandya7 pic.twitter.com/Lx1zh81oud
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 22, 2024
Hardik, who had led Gujarat Titans (GT) to their maiden IPL title in their debut season in 2022, returned to MI via a trade deal ahead of the 2024 season. He was then named the captain of MI, taking over from Rohit Sharma.
However, Hardik initially received a hostile reception from crowd at the ground during the first three matches as MI were off to a winless start to the season. MI ended their three-match winless run against Delhi Capitals (DC) on 7 April with a 29-run victory, and have since gone onto win two more games.
MI are currently in seventh place with six points from seven games. At the time of writing this report, MI were 82/4 after 11 overs with Nehal Wadhera and Tilak Varma in the middle.