{"id":16255,"date":"2024-04-02T14:42:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/it-is-owners-call-ravi-shastri-settles-mis-captaincy-debate-with-blunt-take-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:42:17","slug":"it-is-owners-call-ravi-shastri-settles-mis-captaincy-debate-with-blunt-take-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/it-is-owners-call-ravi-shastri-settles-mis-captaincy-debate-with-blunt-take-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It is owner&#8217;s call&#8217;: Ravi Shastri settles MI&#8217;s captaincy debate with blunt take | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-108979912,imgsize-99248.cms?resize=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8216;It is owner&#8217;s call&#8217;: Ravi Shastri settles MI&#8217;s captaincy debate with blunt take | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"&#8216;It is owner&#8217;s call&#8217;: Ravi Shastri settles MI&#8217;s captaincy debate with blunt take | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: <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\">Mumbai Indians<\/a>&#8216; skipper <!-- -->Hardik Pandya<!-- --> has been facing the wrath of fans since replacing <!-- -->Rohit Sharma<!-- --> as team&#8217;s captain but former India head coach <!-- -->Ravi Shastri<!-- --> settled the debate once and for all in his inimitable style.<br \/>Shastri expressed his view that Mumbai&#8217;s captaincy dilemma could have been managed more effectively, emphasizing that ultimately, it is the owners&#8217; prerogative to decide the team&#8217;s leadership given their financial investment.&#8221;The captaincy issue between Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya could&#8217;ve been handled better, but it is the owners call who they want as the captain. They spend the money,&#8221; Shastri said on Star Sports.<br \/>Hardik was booed in the team&#8217;s opening two matches and the crowd hostility was at its peak in MI&#8217;s first home game of the season on Monday.<br \/>Adding to the troubles, under his leadership, Mumbai&#8217;s campaign in the 2024 IPL began with a disastrous start, leaving them at the bottom of the table after suffering three consecutive losses.<\/p>\n<p>Former India cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu believes that Rohit would not have been replaced by Hardik had the BCCI named him skipper for the T20 World Cup last year itself.<br \/>Rohit was declared captain of India&#8217;s yet-to-be-named T20 World Cup squad in February this year by BCCI secretary Jay Shah at an event in Ahmedabad, a good two months after he was replaced by Pandya as MI skipper.<br \/>&#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. 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