{"id":437484,"date":"2024-04-02T10:15:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/04\/02\/rohit-sharma-wouldnt-have-lost-mi-captaincy-if-navjot-singh-sidhu-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T10:15:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:15:18","slug":"rohit-sharma-wouldnt-have-lost-mi-captaincy-if-navjot-singh-sidhu-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/04\/02\/rohit-sharma-wouldnt-have-lost-mi-captaincy-if-navjot-singh-sidhu-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Rohit Sharma wouldn&#8217;t have lost MI captaincy if&#8230;&#8217;: Navjot Singh Sidhu | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108973431,imgsize-50650.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: In a recent statement made in the &#8216;Star Sports Press Room&#8217;, former India cricketer <!-- -->Navjot Singh Sidhu<!-- --> shared his insights on the ongoing captaincy controversy surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/2018-ipl-auction-complete-ipl-squad-of-mumbai-indians\/articleshow\/62683658.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mumbai Indians<\/a> (MI) and the strategic challenges faced by teams in the Indian Premier League (<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IPL<\/a>).<br \/>Sidhu expressed his belief that if the Board of Control for <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cricket<\/a> in India (BCCI) had announced <!-- -->Rohit Sharma<!-- --> as the captain of India&#8217;s <!-- -->T20 World Cup<!-- --> squad earlier, Rohit might not have been replaced by <!-- -->Hardik Pandya<!-- --> as MI&#8217;s captain. <\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;If the BCCI had named Rohit as captain for the T20 World Cup in October, the franchise wouldn&#8217;t have chosen Hardik as captain. It&#8217;s a matter of the franchise&#8217;s respect. So, the actual issue here is timing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the IPL matches, Sidhu acknowledged the hostility faced by Pandya from fans and attributed it to Rohit&#8217;s immense popularity among cricket enthusiasts. <br \/><span class=\"strong \">Also Read: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/how-to-watch-ipl-cricket-live-streaming-online\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" frmappuse=\"1\">How to watch IPL 2024 live in USA, Canada and MENA region<\/a><br \/>He stated, &#8220;Nobody can digest the fact that India&#8217;s hero, India&#8217;s captain, is not the captain of our franchise. &#8216;What wrong has he done?&#8217; is what fans of the franchise would be thinking. But what does he have to do? There is nothing that succeeds like success. 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