New Delhi. The world of sports is ‘cruel’. In this, sometimes the players get full appreciation for their performance and sometimes due to poor play or other reasons, they have to become victims of booing from the fans. Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya is facing the wrath of the audience in the 2024 season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL. Hardik, who played for Gujarat Titans in the last two seasons, has made a comeback to his former team, Mumbai Indians (MI) in 2024 but nothing has gone right for him so far. MI not only traded Hardik to Gujarat Titans (GT) for a huge amount but also gave him the captaincy of the team in place of Rohit Sharma.
Some cricket stalwarts had expressed their unhappiness over the circumstances under which Hardik left GT and joined MI. When Hardik was handed over the reins of the team by removing Rohit Sharma, who made MI 5-time IPL champion under his captaincy, the anger of the fans of ‘Hitman’ increased. MI’s weak performance in the tournament so far has filled the gap. Till now, Hardik has not been able to leave any mark neither as a captain nor as a player. Not only this, during the team’s matches it seemed that everything was not going well between Hardik and Rohit.
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According to some reports in the media, Mumbai Indians have been divided into two camps. It is said that one camp is in support of Rohit and the other is with the new captain Hardik. The way Hardik was seen giving ‘instructions’ to Rohit on the field and making him run from one field position to another, further increased the anger of ‘Hitman’ fans. There was a lot of sloganeering against Hardik in every match of Mumbai Indians team till now. During Hardik’s entry and exit from the field, a section of the audience tried their best to anger the all-rounder by booing. Let’s take a look at those cricketers who had to face booing from the audience in the IPL so far for reasons other than their performance.
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Afghan cricketer Naveen Ul Haq became the victim of booing after an altercation with RCB’s Virat Kohli in an IPL 2023 match. Naveen was playing for Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) in this match. It is said that during the handshaking after the match, Naveen had shaken Kohli’s hand. There was also an argument between the two players. The matter became more heated when Naveen indirectly took a dig at Virat Kohli in his post on social site X. In a country crazy about Virat, this action of Naveen had further increased the anger of the fans. After this, the ‘army’ of the audience kept following Naveen. Whenever he went near the boundary for fielding, slogans started against him. However, after the India-Afghanistan match of the World Cup 2023, both the players hugged each other and resolved their grievances.
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Riyan Parag had to face criticism
Riyan Parag of Rajasthan Royals had to face criticism due to his behavior and performance on the field. He was also accused of being arrogant due to his behavior on the field. Riyan Parag has been playing in IPL since 2019. The IPL 2023 season was very bad for him due to which he was criticized a lot. Last season, Ryan played only 7 matches in which he scored only 78 runs (average 13.00). For this reason Ryan was trolled a lot on social media. While sharing a scene from the film ‘Chak De India’, a user wrote – Dhruv Jurel is asking the owners of RR why Riyan Parag is sent before him.
RR’s Riyan Parag was also criticized by former cricketers and commentators for claiming a false catch in the match against Lucknow Supergiants in IPL 2022. In the match, when LSG’s Marcus Stennis’ shot went in the air, Ryan dived forward and caught the ball. While gesturing for out, Ryan had expressed that he had caught the ball cleanly. The umpires were skeptical about this claim. TV replays clearly showed that the ball had already hit the ground before reaching Parag’s hands. After this, Riyan Parag’s behavior was criticized. Ryan had recently told in an interview that he is trolled on social media due to which his mother becomes very worried. He had said, ‘People have problems with me keeping my collar up, I chew gum, that is the problem. I celebrate after catching a catch, this makes people angry. People are not able to digest the fact that I am playing cricket at a high level, they think that I am lucky that is why I am playing cricket. The reality is that I have worked hard for this.
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Nehal Vadhera’s image is of ‘bad boy’
Mumbai Indians batsman Nehal Wadhera has an image of a talented but spoiled player. In 14 matches of IPL 2023, he scored 241 runs at a strike rate of 145, but more than this performance, his senior teammates Piyush Chawla and Arjun were discussed. There was her alleged ‘bad behavior’ with Tendulkar. While trolling on social media, he was called an arrogant player. Last season, in the match against Gujarat Titans, Nehal played an inning of 40 runs and made a partnership of 57 runs with Piyush Chawla. During this partnership, Chawla could not connect a ball of Mohit Sharma of GT and the ball reached the wicketkeeper but Nehal, who was present at the non-strike end, was so desperate to take the strike that despite no run, he ran and senior player Piyush Chawla was signaled to leave the crease. In such a situation, Chawla had to ‘sacrifice’ the wicket to save Nehal from being run out. In the same match, while trying to complete his half-century, Nehal was avoiding giving strike to Arjun Tendulkar. Nehal had to face criticism from fans as well as cricket experts/commentators for his ‘attitude’.
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Kohli and Gambhir have clashed more than once on the field
Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir may have been seen hugging and talking on the field during the match between RCB and KKR in IPL 2024, but these two players have clashed with each other more than once. Gambhir was a part of the LSG team as a mentor till last season and is associated with KKR in IPL 2024. After the match between RCB and LSG in IPL 2023, Virat and Gambhir were seen having a heated argument on the field. Earlier, during the match of KKR and RCB during IPL 2013, there was an altercation between the two on the field. At that time Kohli was the captain of RCB and Gambhir was leading KKR. The special thing is that both Kohli and Gambhir have played domestic cricket for Delhi. Neither the cricket stalwarts nor the fans liked this kind of behavior of both the senior cricketers on the field. Fans also criticized Gambhir and Kohli’s behavior considering it ‘immature’.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 1, 2024, 15:31 IST