The Gujarat Titans skipper is set to move back to his former franchise Mumbai Indians.
"Use and throw has been the real characteristic since the start...," Pathan wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).
The netizens related Pathan’s post to Hardik Pandya’s reported trading ahead of the IP L 2024 auction.
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According to an ESPNcricinfo report, Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper Hardik Pandya is set to move back to his former franchise Mumbai Indians (MI) ahead of the IPL 2024 auction, scheduled to take place in Dubai on December 19.
As per the report, this is going to be an all-cash trade which means MI will be paying the full amount of Hardik's salary plus an undisclosed transfer fee to GT. Hardik is also likely to earn 50% of the transfer fee.
Hardik's IPL salary is INR 15 crore and if the deal goes through, it will be the first time an IPL-winning captain will switch teams via trade. Both franchises are yet to break the silence on this mega deal so far.
Hardik Pandya had led the Titans to IPL triumph in their debut season in 2022. In the 2023 edition, he took the team to the final, where they lost to MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Hardik began his IPL career at Mumbai Indians in 2015 and played for them until 2021, winning a total of four titles in seven seasons. Ahead of the 2022 mega-auction, MI let him go as they could retain only a few players.