Latest Cricket News: One of the biggest draws of a game this season has been cricketers facing off against their old Indian Premier League (IPL) side. In what was dubbed a “grudge match” and a “revenge game,” David Warner, now a Delhi Capitals hitter, stole the show with a deserved 92* off 58 balls against his former team Sunrisers Hyderabad. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believes that this will not be the case when Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya takes on his former team Mumbai Indians at Brabourne Stadium on Friday.
Hardik was signed by Mumbai Indians in 2015 as an unheralded all-rounder and was retained for the 2018 season as well, as the Rohit Sharma-led team grew to rely on him. Mumbai won the title four times during his seven years with the team.
Hardik was not retained by Mumbai for the 2022 season, and he was selected as one of Gujarat Titans‘ three draught picks before being named captain.
Gavaskar revealed to Star Sports after the Delhi-Hyderabad match that while Hardik would want to give his all against Mumbai despite not being retained, it won’t be the same as it was for Warner against Hyderabad.
He further added that Hardik owed a lot to MI given that they had made his IPL debut under them.
“To win will means they (GT) qualify. So that becomes important. Obviously, he would want to do his best against the team. But he also owes so much to the Mumbai Indians. MI was the first to have him the break when he really wasn’t known outside Baroda. He and Krunal. And from there both of them have come out so well. They are brilliant and top-class cricketers. He would want to do well because he wasn’t retained, but each team could only retain 3 or 4 players. And MI took the right decision by retaining the players they did. And they were also probably hoping they would buy him back, but that didn’t work out. But it surely won’t be like what we saw today with Warner against SRH. What happened last year (with Warner) wasn’t a pleasant one which we all saw, but it will not be the same for Hardik,” he said.
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