In what has come as the biggest news in the IPL 2024 trade window, Hardik Pandya could return to his previous franchise, Mumbai Indians. There are reports of a swap trade between Hardik Pandya and Jofra Archer between Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans.🔥

News18 has reported that there is a chance of a possible swap of Pandya and Archer, and that Pandya could be seen leading the Mumbai Indians once Rohit Sharma steps down or retires.💯

“It is also possible that MI may request Hardik to fill in for Archer’s position and wait for a year before taking over as captain by replacing Rohit,” a report in News18 said.✅️

Jofra Archer was bought by Mumbai in the IPL 2022 auction for INR 8 crore. He missed the entire IPL 2022 season due to an elbow injury and played only 5 matches in the IPL 2023, missing the rest of the tournament due to the flare-up of the same elbow injury.

Archer recently also missed the World Cup 2023 for England as he’s not yet recovered from the elbow injury and is ruled out for a couple of more months. Mumbai’s expensive punt on Archer is now looking more and more unwise, and they are likely to either release him or trade him away.