Mumbai Indians Captaincy Under Fire After Cryptic Social Media Post

Mumbai Indians' Captaincy Decisions Questioned After Viral Social Media Post

After Mumbai Indians' narrow victory over Punjab Kings on Thursday, a cryptic social media post has sparked speculation about internal tensions within the team. The post, allegedly re-shared by MI all-rounder Mohammad Nabi, criticized the team's captaincy decisions, particularly the omission of Nabi from the bowling attack.

The Instagram story, attributed to a user named ijaz.azizi07, read: "@mumbaiindians some of you captain's decision is very strange and surprise people!? Nabi didn't bowl today." It also praised Nabi's fielding contributions, noting his two catches and one run out.

Nabi, a veteran Afghan spin allrounder, was acquired by MI in the IPL 2024 auction. In the match against Punjab Kings, he was dismissed for a duck but played a crucial role in the field, taking the catches of Ashutosh Sharma and Shashank Singh and participating in the run out of Kagiso Rabada.

However, the Instagram story post, which social media users claimed had been re-shared by Nabi, was not present on his profile on Friday afternoon. The original post by ijaz.azizi07 remains on the user's handle, but it is unclear if Nabi actually re-shared it.

The viral screenshot has raised questions about the atmosphere within the MI camp, but the team has not issued any official statement regarding the incident. Meanwhile, MI captain Hardik Pandya has been fined for the team's slow over-rate in the match against Punjab Kings.

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