New Delhi. The troubles of Mumbai Indians and its captain Hardik Pandya in IPL 2024 are not showing any signs of diminishing. The same scene was seen against Rajasthan Royals as was seen in the first two matches of Mumbai Indians. Mumbai team faced its third consecutive defeat on Monday. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya had to face misbehavior from the spectators on his home ground itself. Whenever Hardik went near the boundary line, the spectators would tease him by chanting Rohit-Rohit.
With the toss between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals, the audience started misbehaving with Hardik Pandya. Before the toss, commentator Sanjay Manjrekar also appealed to the spectators to behave civilly, but it had no effect. As soon as Hardik Pandya started speaking after losing the toss, the audience started shouting slogans of Rohit-Rohit.
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This attitude of the spectators continued during the match also. Former team captain Rohit Sharma also looked uncomfortable with this. He appealed to the audience not to raise such slogans. But Rohit’s fans also ignored the words of their favorite player. Even when Hardik was returning from the field to the dressing room, the spectators did not stop teasing him.
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Cricket lovers know that Mumbai Indians have removed their captain Rohit Sharma, who won the IPL title 5 times, from the post this year. Hardik Pandya has been made the captain by replacing Rohit Sharma, due to which the fans of ‘Hitman’ are angry. Hardik Pandya was the captain of Gujarat Titans in the last two seasons and he also made his team win the title in 2022.
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Tags: Hardik Pandya, IPL 2024, mumbai indians, Rohit Sharma, Sanjay Manjrekar
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 2, 2024, 09:50 IST