Confirmed: Hardik Pandya traded to Mumbai Indians from GT ahead of IPL 2024

Amid the intense drama over Hardik Pandya's Indian Premier League (IPL) team, finally, Mumbai Indians (MI) confirmed on Monday that the Baroda all-rounder is moving to his 'spiritual home' MI for IPL 2024.

On Sunday at 5 pm, the IPL retention window was closed and at that point, Gujarat Titans (GT) named their IPL-winning captain in the retention list raising a lot of eyebrows.

Mumbai Indians too didn't give any hint in his official release over Hardik Pandya's future in gold and blue colours.

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In order to accommodate Hardik, Mumbai Indians traded Australian all-rounder Cameron Green to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Thus, freeing up Rs 17.5 crore. 

Notably, Mumbai had just Rs 15.25 crore in their kitty after releasing ten players, including English pacer Jofra Archer. But with Green moving to RCB, they have 17.25 crore as their remaining purse ahead of the IPL 2024 auction on December 19 in Dubai.

Hardik Pandya's salary at Mumbai Indians

Given the trading between Mumbai and Gujarat has been an all-cash deal, 30-year-old Pandya will get a salary of Rs 15 crore at MI. Pandya will also get 50 per cent of the undisclosed transfer given to GT by MI.

Hardik Pandya's achievements at Gujarat Titans

Gujarat Titans picked Pandya before the 2022 auction from the list of available players for the two new franchises -- GT and Lucknow Super Giants. He led the Titans to back-to-back finals, winning the championship in his maiden year and losing a thriller to CSK in IPL 2023.

Why Hardik Pandya moved to Mumbai Indians despite having success in Gujarat?

According to various media reports, Pandya wanted to return to the franchise from where he had made a name and played seven seasons after two years at Titans.

The lure of captaining IPL's most popular franchise with the biggest fan base was also a reason apart from building his brand as a national skipper in one of the formats.

Why Mumbai Indians snapped Hardik Pandya?

Mumbai Indians, who have one of the most systematic team-building processes, have roped in Pandya with a long-term plan in mind, as there will be a mega auction in 2025, and every franchise will try to build a new team with a young core.

Hardik Pandya IPL stats

Batting & Fielding Stats
YEAR	MAT	NO	RUNS	HS	AVG	SR	100	50	4S	6S	CT
Career	123	39	2309	91	30.4	146	0	10	172	125	65
2023 (GT)	16	4	346	66	31.5	137	0	2	26	15	8
2022 (GT)	15	4	487	87*	44.3	131	0	4	49	12	4
2021	12	2	127	40*	14.1	113	0	0	11	5	4
2020	14	5	281	60*	35.1	179	0	1	14	25	6
2019	16	6	402	91	44.7	191	0	1	28	29	11
2018	13	4	260	50	28.9	133	0	1	20	11	8
2017	17	9	250	35*	35.7	156	0	0	11	20	12
2016	11	2	44	9	6.28	70	0	0	4	0	6
2015	9	3	112	61*	22.4	181	0	1	9	8	6
Bowling
YEAR	MAT	BALLS	RUNS	WKTS	BBM	AVE	ECON	SR	4W	5W
Career	123	1202	1763	53	3/17	33	8.8	22.7	0	0
2023 (GT)	16	150	228	3	1/10	76	9.12	50	0	0
2022 (GT)	15	183	222	8	3/17	28	7.28	22.9	0	0
2021	12	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
2020	14	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
2019	16	255	390	14	3/20	28	9.17	18.2	0	0
2018	13	256	381	18	3/24	21	8.92	14.2	0	0
2017	17	156	213	6	2/22	36	8.19	26	0	0
2016	11	100	153	3	1/7	51	9.18	33.3	0	0
2015	9	102	176	1	1/13	176	10.4	102	0	0

This means it will be the end of the road for Rohit Sharma at MI

India's captain Rohit Sharma is still very much in the mix for Mumbai India at least for IPL 2024. However, given Rohit is Mumbai Indians' biggest icon with five titles under his belt, it would be interesting to see what kind of decision the owners and top management make with regard to leadership.

Rohit Sharma IPL stats

Batting & Fielding Stats
YEAR	MAT	NO	RUNS	HS	AVG	SR	100	50	4S	6S	CT
Career	243	28	6211	109*	29.6	130.05	1	42	554	257	98
2023	16	0	332	65	20.8	132.8	0	2	35	17	1
2022	14	0	268	48	19.1	120.18	0	0	28	13	7
2021	13	0	381	63	29.3	127.42	0	1	33	14	1
2020	12	0	332	80	27.7	127.69	0	3	27	19	6
2019	15	1	405	67	28.9	128.57	0	2	52	10	4
2018	14	2	286	94	23.8	133.02	0	2	25	12	8
2017	17	2	333	67	23.8	121.97	0	3	31	9	10
2016	14	3	489	85*	44.5	132.88	0	5	49	16	2
2015	16	2	482	98*	34.4	144.74	0	3	41	21	5
2014	15	2	390	59*	30	129.13	0	3	31	16	5
2013	19	5	538	79*	38.4	131.54	0	4	35	28	7
2012	17	2	433	109*	30.9	126.6	1	3	39	18	13
2011	16	3	372	87	33.8	125.25	0	3	32	13	7
2010	16	2	404	73	28.9	133.77	0	3	36	14	9
2009	16	3	362	52	27.8	114.92	0	1	22	18	5
2008	13	1	404	76*	36.7	147.98	0	4	38	19	8
Bowling
YEAR	MAT	BALLS	RUNS	WKTS	BBM	AVE	ECON	SR	4W	5W
Career	243	363	453	15	4-6	30.2	7.49	24.2	1	0
2023	16	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
2022	14	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
2021	13	7	13	0	0/4	-	11.1	-	0	0
2020	12	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
2019	15	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
2018	14	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
2017	17	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
2016	14	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
2015	16	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
2014	15	18	26	1	1/20	26	8.66	18	0	0
2013	19	8	6	0	0/1	-	4.5	-	0	0
2012	17	6	16	0	0/16	-	16	-	0	0
2011	16	48	53	0	0/14	-	13.3	-	0	0
2010	16	114	153	2	1/19	76.5	8.05	57	0	0
2009	16	138	161	11	4/6	14.63	7	12.5	1	0
2008	13	24	25	1	1/25	25	6.25	24	0	0

Full list of retained and released players by Gujarat and Mumbai

Gujarat Titans retained players

Shubman Gill, David Miller, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R. Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma.

Gujarat Titans released players

Yash Dayal, K.S. Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka.

Remaining purse: Rs 38.15 crore

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Mumbai Indians released players

Cameron Green (traded out), Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier

Remaining purse: Rs 17.75 crore