Mumbai: They are five times champion in IPL. There was a time when Mumbai Indians were always at the top of the points table. But in the last few years the performance graph has gone down to the bottom. Rohit Sharma was replaced by Hardik Pandya who was brought back to the team for a hefty sum. The leadership was also placed on his shoulders. But the all-rounder of Vadodara could not change anything. Continuous failure, own poor performance. Hardik PandyaUnder the leadership of the current IPL, Mumbai Indians have won only 1 match out of five matches. Yesterday, they had to lose against Punjab Kings at their own home ground Wankhede despite putting 195 runs on the board. Criticism of Hardik’s captaincy has also started. In this situation, former Indian cricketer Manoji Tiwari advised Hardik to step down from the leadership while maintaining respect. At the same time, he feels that Hardik should return the leadership to Rohit.

In a recent interview, the former legendary batter of Bengal said, “Suddenly this place of failure has not been created. Rohit Sharma captained the team five times from 2015 to 2023 IPL championed But suddenly he was removed. Which has destroyed the balance of the team for sure. I will not say anything negative about Hardik. I don’t want to be too strict. But it is also true that you should review yourself, how you play, how you lead, take a look. I think there is a lump in there somewhere. Hardik has moved himself up the batting order. But scoring 14 runs off 12 balls. Instead, a batsman like Rutherford could have hit 3-4 more sixes if he got a chance to play more balls. Besides Deepak Chahar, Bumra, Hardik is not able to use them properly.

Manoj, who scored 29 centuries in domestic cricket for Bengal, also said, “The way Rohit was removed was not right at all. The fans could not accept it suddenly. We saw that. I think Hardik should now step aside and give Rohit the responsibility of the team again. It will be good for Mumbai Indians as well.”

Meanwhile, the previous match of Mumbai Indians is against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. In that match Rohit It remains to be seen whether he returns to the XI or not.