The Indian Premier League 2024 is entering its third week, and some teams have shown really good performances. Meanwhile, a few teams are still searching for the right combination. There has been a trend for home teams to win games in the tournament so far.
But a few teams have struggled both at home and away. The current point table shows that some teams looking for wins under new captains or even experienced captains are struggling to lead their teams to success. So, as we saw with CSK in 2022, there might be chances that we might see a change in captaincy in mid-season. Here we will talk about three teams that can change their captains midway through the IPL 2024.
3. Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings started the IPL 2024 with a 4-wicket win against Lucknow Super Giants. But after that, they lost to RCB and GT, respectively. In both matches, PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan scored. He scored 45 off 37 and 70 off 50, but his slow strike rate was one of the reasons. There may be captaincy pressure on him. Hence, we might see the franchise take some actions and make Sam Curran the captain to let Dhawan bat freely or use him as an impact player, letting Curran do the captaincy job.
2. Royal Challengers Bengaluru
1. Mumbai Indians
The five-time champions Mumbai Indians made a big decision by removing Rohit Sharma as captain and appointing Hardik Pandya as the new captain. The all-rounder led GT to a 2022 win and a 2023 final. However, it looks like this move hasn’t pleased MI fans. There have been many trends related to removing Hardik as captain on social media. Adding to that, the performance of the team is not good, as they are the only team that has not won anything. If this performance stays for a few more matches, we might see Rohit getting the captaincy back. Some media reports are also saying the same.
