WATCH: Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya gives message to new players ahead of IPL 2025 season

Mumbai Indians are gearing up for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Hardik Pandya sent out a huge message to all the new members of the team ahead of the new season. The five-time IPL winners welcomed Trent Boult back into the fold after three years with Rajasthan Royals. 

Former Chennai Super Kings pacer Deepak Chahar has also been added to the mix along with Karn Sharma. Some of the young players who are set to feature in the new season are Robin Minz, Naman Dhir, and young Afghanistan spin sensation Allah Ghazanfar. It is to be noted that Mumbai retained skipper Hardik Pandya, along with Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Jasprit Bumrah, and Suryakumar Yadav. 

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Mumbai Indians released a video on their social media handle where Hardik Pandya sent out a message. The 31-year-old said, “My message, to all the young guns, who are joining Mumbai Indians this year is that if you are here, you have that spark, you have that talent, which the scouts have seen. They found me, they found Jasprit, they found Krunal, they found Tilak. They all eventually played for the country All you have to do is show up, train, work hard and the best part is that Mumbai Indians has the facility to make them flourish.”

Hardik Pandya gives his views on IPL Auctions 2025

Current Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya while speaking about the auctions said, “The auction dynamics are always tricky. You know when you are watching it live, it is very exciting and the emotions are always up and down because you want this player but sometimes you just lose. It’s very important to not be very so emotional and in the end, we have to create a whole team."

Indian all-rounder also revealed, “I was in touch with the table as well, exactly who we are going for and I think we came out pretty well from the auction and how the team is looking. We have found the right mix, which is experienced players, like Boulty is back, Deepak Chahar, who has been around, and at the same time, young guns like Will Jacks, Robin Minz and Rickelton, who are fresh. So I think we have done pretty well. We have covered all the bases.”

Pandya also had a word for Ishan Kishan who spent the majority of his early IPL career with Mumbai. “Ishan has been the ‘freshness’ and the ‘energy’ of the room. When we couldn’t retain him, we always knew that it’s gonna be very difficult to get him back from the auction simply because we knew that, the kind of player and kind of skillset he brings. He always used to be keep the dressing room light, has made a lot of people smile," he added.

“That love and warmth, it came very natural to him and there will be less cake smashing, less pranks happening on people. That was Ishan and who used to bring so much love to this team, that is something as a group we are going to miss. Ishan Kishan, you always be MI’s pocket-dynamo. We all gonna miss you and we all love you,” Hardik Pandya went on to say about Ishan Kishan.