ipl retention special

As Hardik Pandya: As Hardik Pandya was retained by Gujarat Titans on IPL 2024 retentions day, ending days of massive speculation around his possible return to Mumbai Indians, former India captain Anil Kumble, who was the head coach of Punjab Kings, felt many read too much into the chatter happening around the fast-bowling all-rounder.

Ahead of retentions day, many reports came of Hardik making a mind-boggling move from Gujarat to Mumbai, a franchise from where he began his IPL playing career. Though Hardik is with Gujarat as of now, the IPL trade window is still open till December 12, which is a week before the auctions happening in Dubai on December 19.

“Obviously, we’ve been reading too much into what was happening over the last one week in terms of Hardik (Pandya), Rohit (Sharma), Cameron Green and how will Mumbai Indians have that kind of purse. We expected that the trade would happen, but we don’t have that headline today.”