Does Hardik Pandya ‘Deserve To Be Rs 18 Crore Player’, Former Hyderabad coach’s blunt question to MI ahead of IPL 2025

New Delhi: Former Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has asked if Hardik Pandya is a player whom Mumbai Indians should retain for 18 crores. Moody has also raised the question whether Mumbai will retain Hardik Pandya as a top player. Consistent with the new retention rules of IPL, every franchise has been given the right kind to retain 6 players which also includes RTM. The very best player to be retained will likely be worth 18 crores and the opposite 2 retentions will likely be at 14 and Eleven crores. If teams want to retain 2 more players, they'll pay them Rs 18 and 14 crores.

Tom Moody said about Hardik Pandya that on the identical time as you are going to want faith Hardik Pandya’s form, fitness, his performance, he's worthy of turning into a player worth 18 crores. Is he truly worth it, in case you desire to change into a player worth 18 crores, then you be a match-winner and perform on an average basis. Hardik Pandya became combating both fitness and performance at some point of this season of IPL, while Tilak Verma became definitely struggling. He said that in the last few years, Mumbai Indians kept some players in the team they usually had to pay a heavy price for it. Moody said that an appropriate examples of this are Ishan Kishan and Jofra Archer who were bought at a giant price.

Does Hardik Pandya deserve 18 crores?:

Mumbai Indians have many players like Hardik, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma, who would possibly be placed in these 5 slabs. Talking to ESPN Cricinfo, Moody said that he need to maintain Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav for 18 crores and Hardik for 14. The Australian coach feels that a player worth 18 crores would possibly be an actual match-winner for the team and plays on an average basis. Moody said that whatever took place to the Mumbai team in IPL 2024, I believe Rohit Sharma will likely be disappointed with it. On the identical time, I've faith Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav right for 18 crores while Hardik for 14 crores.

“The style that things panned out in the last edition of the IPL, he (Rohit Sharma) may possibly be, I believe, a bit bit disillusioned with what took place over the past 6-12 months. I'd have Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav at 18, and Hardik at 14. (Leaving) is as much as him or it's possible you are going to normally be in a position to place it down to his performance, form and fitness. And on the identical time as you dissect all of those areas with Hardik Pandya, does he ought to be an 18 crore player? Is he worth? In case you’ve got to be an 18 crore player, you’ve got to be a genuine match-winner and do it on an average basis. Hardik Pandya, through his trials and tribulations over the past edition of the IPL became combating both fitness and performance. Tilak Varma absolutely,” Moody said on ESPNCricinfo.

“They’ve had a bit little bit of problem on the auction table last couple of years. They’ve gotten caught up in a strategy too loyal in some cases and tried to retain, or get players back into their squad, which has cost them dearly. Classic examples were Ishan Kishan and Jofra Archer, both coming at a heavy price. Did they get the return? I in finding out about Ishan Kishan and I believe ‘look he’s a very good player and is exciting. But additionally runs very cold and warm’. What number of matches has he won out of his bat? That’s a matter you’ve got to ask. In case you’re paying him around 14 crore for retention, are you going to get the return from a performance point of view? They're going to make some hard decisions, he added.