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Gills has been out of form and his captaincy was not upto the standard. The team lack consistency and you are right they were blessed from not getting shamed or booed by their home crowd after their disappointing over all performance due to the rains. It's unfortunate that without Hardik this team cannot go to the playoffs and Hardik with his new team also didn't qualify for the playoffs. That being said I feel Hardik will go back to GT in the next season or he will be droped from the leadership of MI.
Close to 40 average with SR of 147 isn't bad IMO but yeah I don't remember him impacting a match singlehandedly with the bat. The only inning I can remember is his ton along with Sai Sudharsan.
When Gill was made captain, people already suspected that he might lose his form and this is what exactly happened. In IPL 2023, Gill was orange cap winner, and his tons played large part in GT's wins.