Mumbai Indians Captain: IPL 2024 has started with a bang. Fans are getting to see exciting matches every day. Even before IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians team had made Hardik Pandya the captain in place of Rohit Sharma. But Mumbai Indians had a very bad start in IPL 2024. The team has lost both its initial matches. In both the matches, Mumbai Indians bowlers and batsmen could not perform well.
Hardik Pandya took surprising decisions
Mumbai Indians had to face defeat by 6 runs against Gujarat Titans in their first match. In this match, captain Hardik Pandya did not give the first over of the innings to Jasprit Bumrah and started bowling himself. After this, he did not even give the second over to Bumrah, the best bowler of the team. When Gujarat’s batsmen scored 27 runs in 3 overs in explosive fashion. After this he brought Bumrah in the fourth over. Then when chasing the target against Gujarat Titans, he should have come up to bat. He came to bat after 5 wickets fell. His bad decisions were widely criticized.
Highest score of IPL made against Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians team had to face defeat by 31 runs in its second match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mumbai Indians bowlers flopped badly in this match. Batting first, Hyderabad team scored 277 runs, which is the highest score in the history of IPL. Hardik gave 46 runs in his four overs and was able to take only one wicket. In this match, Jasprit Bumrah got the bowling in the third match. Hardik also appeared to be a flop with the bat in the match. He could score only 24 runs.
Fans trolled
After losing two matches, fans targeted Hardik Pandya on social media. Mumbai Indians is one of the most successful franchises of IPL. The team has won the IPL trophy five times under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Mumbai Indians team is always known for backing its players.
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