The trade-off between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has attracted reactions from cricket fans and experts alike. Expressing his views on one of the biggest trades in the history of IPL cricket, former India batter Aakash Chopra stated that Bangalore have done a huge favour to Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians by getting the Australian all-rounder for a staggering 17.5 crore ahead of the auctions.
On his official YouTube channel, Chopra said,"Green has gone red or you can say RCB have gone Green. They did a huge favor to Mumbai because if this deal had not happened, the Hardik deal too wouldn't have happened. Things have changed suddenly."
"It wouldn't have been a bad idea to stop that (Hardik's) deal by not doing this (Green's) deal. I am seeing it from Bangalore's perspective and not from Mumbai's. They (MI) would have released him (Green). Would you have got Cameron Green more expensive than 17.5 crores if they had released him?"
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Cricketer-turned-commentator Chopra also mentioned that Gujarat Titans naming Shubman Gill as their new captain was nearly confirmed the moment Hardik left.
"Shubman Gill is the new Gujarat Titans captain. A lot of things have happened to him at 23 years of age, which is fascinating and fantastic. It was almost confirmed that Shubman would become the captain as soon as Hardik left."
"There was a school of thought about whether Kane Williamson should be made the captain. You have an example of Hyderabad already. Kane is such a good person, he drops himself if he is not doing well."