The Mumbai Indians team, which has won this trophy 5 times in the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), had decided to play under the leadership of new captain Hardik Pandya. When Hardik was given the command of the team in place of Rohit Sharma, from that time onwards the franchise had to face continuous criticism from the fans. Mumbai Indians have played three matches so far in the 17th season and while the team had to face defeat in all three, the fans inside the stadium also showed a lot of anger towards Hardik and something similar was seen continuously on social media. Used to be. In such a situation, Australian player Steve Smith has now given a statement in favor of Hardik, in which according to him, senior players should come forward and help Hardik.
Fans should stop going into the past
Steve Smith said in his statement to PTI that the kind of anger that Hardik Pandya is facing from the fans is quite unfortunate because now he is the team captain and in such a situation the fans should forget the past and move forward. I understand that Rohit has a large number of fans and they are angry with the decision to change the captain of the franchise. However, now they should forget this and support Hardik. He has been the captain of the previous Gujarat Titans team and has also proved himself. In such a situation, the senior players of Mumbai Indians should help him. At the same time, Hardik will have to find his own way to deal with this situation. I think once Mumbai Indians team returns to winning ways, everything will be fine.
Mumbai Indians to play next match against Delhi Capitals
In the 17th season of IPL, Mumbai Indians team is currently at the last position in the points table after losing the first three matches. They have to play their next match against Mumbai Indians at home on 7th April, in which Suryakumar Yadav is also expected to return to the playing 11. While Hardik Pandya has so far failed to impress on the captaincy front, he is also not doing anything special as a player, which is also affecting the balance of the team.
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