IPL 2024 / 16 years long tradition ended, this was seen for the first time in history

IPL 2024: The 5th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians. Shubman Gill is commanding Gujarat in this match. At the same time, Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya is doing it. With this, something like this will be seen in IPL which was never seen in the last 16 seasons.

The tradition that has been going on for 16 years has ended

Team India captain and Mumbai Indians star batsman Rohit Sharma is playing as a player in this season of IPL. This will be the first time in the history of IPL when the full time captain of Team India is playing as a player in this league. IPL started in 2008. From then till the 16th season of the league, the full time captain of Team India had definitely captained one team or the other.

This happened for the first time in the history of the league

In the year 2008, the full time captain of Team India was MS Dhoni. He has been leading the Chennai Super Kings since the very first season of IPL. He last captained Team India in early 2017. Only after this he played in IPL as a player. He also played some matches as a player in IPL 2022. At the same time, after Dhoni, Virat Kohli became the full time captain of Team India. He also played as captain in IPL while being the full time captain of the Indian team.

Rohit Sharma's great record

Rohit Sharma is one of the most successful captains of IPL. Rohit Sharma made Mumbai Indians champion 5 times under his captaincy. At the same time, Mumbai Indians had traded Hardik Pandya to Gujarat Titans in a cash deal. A few days later, it was announced that Hardik Pandya will be the captain of Mumbai Indians in the IPL to be played in 2024.