In a brief and candy ceremony, Hardik was seen garlanding a portrait of god whereas Boucher adopted him with the breaking a coconut ritual.
The official deal with of the franchise shared a video of the gesture from the skipper and the coach.
Within the upcoming season, Hardik shall be changing a highly-successful Rohit Sharma — who led the franchise to 5 titles — as chief.
Following a profitable two-year stint at Gujarat Titans — the place Hardik took the aspect to 2 finals and successful considered one of them of their inaugural season in 2022 — the all-rounder returned to Mumbai in a high-profile commerce in November final 12 months.
Mumbai Indians are essentially the most profitable IPL franchise alongside Chennai Tremendous Kings who each have received 5 titles every.
Rohit, who led India to the ODI World Cup last, had been captaining the franchise since 2013 once they lifted first of their 5 IPL trophies.
The opposite titles below Rohit’s captaincy got here in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. Mumbai Indians had made it to the play-offs in IPL 2023.
(With inputs from PTI)
