Mumbai Indians have lost their first match in IPL 2024 under the leadership of new captain Hardik Pandya. In this match played at the home ground of Gujarat Titans, Mumbai Indians had to face defeat by eight runs. After giving the captaincy of Mumbai Indians to Pandya, the fans were very angry with the franchise and in this match they clearly expressed their displeasure by raising slogans and posters. Rohit Sharma and many Mumbai Indians fans who came to watch the match at Narendra Modi Stadium trolled Hardik Pandya and raised slogans against him.

Mumbai Indians are seen as the most successful team of IPL. Under the leadership of former team captain Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians have won five IPL titles. There are crores of fans of Mumbai Indians team. But this season, the captaincy of Mumbai team has been given not to Rohit Sharma but to Hardik Pandya, due to which his fan base has decreased.

Many decisions of captain Hardik Pandya during the match were also not liked by the fans. Due to this, we are also seeing many mean posts and videos going viral on social media. Along with this, commentators also raised questions on many decisions of Hardik Pandya during the match. Let us take a look at 3 wrong decisions of Hardik Pandya as Mumbai Indians captain-

Here’s 3 wrong decisions of Hardik Pandya as MI Captain

1. Despite Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik started bowling first.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and decided to bowl first. As soon as the match against Gujarat started, all the veteran cricketers and commentators including the fans were surprised. Despite having an excellent fast bowler like Bumrah in the team, Hardik Pandya decided to bowl himself instead of handing him the new ball. But this decision of Pandya failed and Gujarat washed them in the very first over. He gave 11 runs in the first over.

Former England player Kevin Pietersen also questioned why Hardik bowled the first over himself even when Jasprit Bumrah was in the team. The limit was reached when, even after this, Hardik bowled the third over himself and gave 9 runs. But when Bumrah was given the first over, he bowled Saha and gave Mumbai the first wicket. After the match, Irfan Pathan also clearly said that Hardik Pandya made a mistake by bowling the first over.