MUMBAI: The Mumbai Indians’ bold move to replace Rohit Sharma with the recently-traded Hardik Pandya may have lost them a huge amount of followers on social media, but it has received a thumbs-up from England’s 2019 ODI World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan.
"Having the opportunity to bring back Pandya in the side is one that any team would jump at. But also, if you look at the franchise itself, they have had a very forward thinking, logic-driven and future-proof driven style of strategy for a long time. A decision like this reinforces that the franchise always comes first. They don’t see any short-term planning in anything that they do. They always try and invest as much as they can in players. You probably see this as being a tough decision that they’ve made hoping that the long-term benefits will see MI lifting another championships in the coming years," Morgan, an IPL Expert at JioCinema, told TOI in an interaction on Monday.
