Rohit Sharma will likely return as Mumbai Indians captain in the IPL 2027 season. (BCCI Photo)

Mumbai Indians are likely to hand over captaincy to Rohit Sharma for their forthcoming IPL season 2027, The Indian Express understands. The decision doesn’t come as a surprise especially after the five-time champions have gone through a complete overhaul of the support staff over the past week.

It is learnt that Mumbai wanted Rohit to take over the franchise captaincy from Hardik Pandya midway through the last IPL when the franchise was struggling. As previously reported by this newspaper, the franchise had already made up its mind on moving on from Pandya as captain, but the question remained who they would turn to.

Under Pandya’s reign, MI had lost 10 of 14 games, finished ninth, and extended their title drought to six years. With the likes of Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah part of the setup for a while, there was an option to install a new face.…