New DelhiHardik Pandya is banned from the first match of IPL 2025. In such a situation, who will captain Mumbai Indians against Chennai Super Kings in the first match? This has been revealed by captain Hardik Pandya himself before the season.

Hardik Pandya IPL 2025 banned from the first match of 2025, these players will captain Mumbai Indians

In the first match of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025, Hardik Pandya will neither be able to play nor captain them, as they are banned for a match. In such a situation, the question was that who will captain Mumbai Indians in the first match due to Hardik Pandya's ban? This has been replied by Hardik Pandya himself and has given the name of the player who will captain the team in the first match of IPL 2025 and he will be the vice captain of the entire season team. This is none other than Suryakumar Yadav, the captain of India's T20 team, who will lead the team against CSK.

Hardik Pandya has confirmed in a press conference before IPL 2025 that Suryakumar Yadav will be captain due to his ban in the first match. For your information, let us know that Hardik Pandya returned to Mumbai Indians last season and he was the captain of the team. Three times under his captaincy, Mumbai Indians had punished for a slow over rate and according to IPL rules, if a captain is found guilty of slow over rate in three matches in the league phase phase, he will be banned from the next match. Hardik's third match was the last league match of the previous season. In such a situation, his ban was to apply to the next season of IPL, which will be the team's first match of IPL 2025.

Mumbai Indians will play their first match in IPL 2025 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on 23 March, which will be against host Chennai Super Kings. Let us know that both teams are five-five-five-time IPL champion. In such a situation, the match will be the most interesting. Chennai Super Kings won the tournament for the last time in 2023, but Mumbai was last formed in the year 2020. This match is called Elclasico.