Mumbai Indians Farewell to Ishan Kishan: Hardik Pandya’s Heartfelt Tribute

Mumbai Indians farewell to Ishan Kishan: After the IPL 2025 mega auction, there has been a change in the franchise of many big players. Rishabh Pant will be seen playing for Lucknow Super Giants, KL Rahul for Delhi Capitals, and Shreyas Iyer for Punjab Kings.

In this episode, now the dashing wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan, who was playing for Mumbai Indians till now, will be seen playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the next season.

Mumbai Indians Bid Farewell to Ishan Kishan

In the IPL 2025 mega auction. The Mumbai team could not buy him because they did not have that much money, because they had spent the most money on their retention. MI did bid on him, but in the end, SRH bought him. Meanwhile, now Mumbai remembered him and shared a farewell message with Ishan. Hardik Pandya said during this that you will always be the pocket dynamo of MI.
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In the video shared by Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya said, “Ishan brought freshness and energy to the dressing room. When we couldn’t retain him, we knew it would be very difficult to get him back from the auction, because of the kind of player he is and the kind of skill he brings.

He always kept the dressing room lively and made a lot of people laugh, and that love and warmth came very naturally to the team. Ishan Kishan, you will always be MI’s pocket dynamo and we will all miss you and we all love you.”

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Ishan Kishan Reflects on His Time with Mumbai Indians

Kishan also recently shared a post on his social media account about his old memories with Mumbai Indians. Where he thanked the franchise and fans for playing a special role in his journey. Ishan was with the team from 2018 to 2024 and in these seven years he played many great innings for Mumbai Indians.

During this time MI also won the title twice. MI had placed the highest bid on Ishan Kishan in the 2022 mega auction. He was retained for three consecutive years. However, he did not get retention this time. His form was also a bit bad.