“It is very easy to sit in an AC room and say that he did not perform well….”- GG’s reply to Hardik’s trollers.
Hardik Pandya’s performance in IPL 2024, both as a captain and a player, was quite ordinary. Before the start of the season, Mumbai franchise replaced Rohit Sharma and made Hardik Pandya the captain of the team. But the fans including some players of the team did not like his decision at all. After which Hardik Pandya has been criticized a lot throughout the season. Be it fans or cricket experts, everyone has trolled Hardik for his poor captaincy. Meanwhile, former Team India cricketer and currently KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir has now come to the defense of Hardik Pandya. He has also fiercely targeted Hardik’s critics. Gautam Gambhir expressed confidence in Hardik Pandya’s abilities and backed him to make a significant impact in the 2024 T20 World Cup. During a conversation with Sportskeeda, Gautam Gambhir said, “T20 is a format where if you score 25 runs in 10 balls or take two wickets in a row, everything comes back. Also, there will be no captaincy pressure on Hardik Pandya in the T20 World Cup. Therefore, there he will play with complete freedom. It is very easy to sit in an AC room and say that he has not performed well.” Gambhir also believes that even if Hardik had scored 500 runs in IPL 2024, he would have faced criticism. They said that, “There are many factors that go into a player’s good performance. There is pressure of captaincy and team performance. Even if he had scored 500 runs, he would have been criticized for MI’s position in the points table. Hardik Pandya-led Mumbai was the first team to be eliminated from the race for the IPL 2024 playoffs. Hardik has also had to face criticism for his poor form. The star all-rounder has scored only 200 runs in 12 innings and has taken 11 wickets in the same innings at an economy rate of 10.58.
“IPL tests you when the game…”- Hardik Pandya gave a big statement while taking on the trollers.
In this season of IPL 2024, Hardik Pandya is the target of fans for everything, be it captaincy or personal performance. Hardik Pandya (Photo Source: BCCI/IPL) Mumbai Indians seem to be struggling in IPL 2024, the team is at 9th position in the points table with two wins and 4 points from 6 matches. Mumbai Indians face Punjab Kings in Mullanpur today (April 18). Batting first in the match, MI has set a target of 193 runs for Punjab. Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya also failed to contribute with the bat against PBKS, scoring only 10 runs in 6 balls. In this season of IPL, be it Hardik’s captaincy or personal performance, fans are on target for everything. During the toss against Punjab Kings, Hardik Pandya has given a big statement regarding all the criticisms. When the game is not over, it is not over – Hardik Pandya While talking during the toss against Punjab Kings, Hardik Pandya said, ‘We also wanted to bat first, so it was good to lose the toss. We don’t judge (our performance), many times the game was in our grasp and we didn’t finish the game, IPL tests you, when the game is not over it is not over. We take it game by game, go out there and give 100 percent. Everyone must be committed to the team goal and once we do that, results will be visible. Mumbai Indians had traded Hardik Pandya to Gujarat Titans before the IPL 2024 auction. The franchise then appointed Hardik Pandya as captain in place of Rohit Sharma. The fans of MI and Rohit Sharma have not been able to accept Hardik as captain till now. Fans are seen booing against him in the stadium. Talking about Hardik Pandya’s performance so far in IPL 2024, he has been able to score only 141 runs in 7 matches at an average of 23.50 and strike rate of 146.88. While bowling, he has been able to take only 3 wickets so far in 7 matches.
IND vs ENG: Caught in the slip, Rohit took an amazing catch, gave a befitting reply to his trollers.
Ollie Pope was out on Jadeja’s ball after scoring just 1 run. Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: X/twitter) The first match of the five-match Test series between India and England is being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. In this match, after winning the toss, England decided to bat, which was proved wrong by the Indian spinners. In this match, Team India captain Rohit Sharma took a brilliant catch, the video of which is going viral on social media. Rohit Sharma took the catch of Ollie Pope. He returned to the pavilion after scoring just 1 run. Rohit gave a big success to India by taking this catch in Ravindra Jadeja’s over. Actually, Jadeja was batting 15th for India during England’s innings. Then Pope was out on the fourth ball of the over. The ball hit his bat and went towards the slip, where Rohit was already standing ready. He caught the ball without any mistake. on social media Rohit Sharma The video of him taking this catch is going viral rapidly. Seeing this video, everyone is praising Rohit a lot. Actually, questions are often raised regarding the fitness of Rohit Sharma. But, now after seeing his excellent catch, people have understood that he is very fit and agile. See that amazing catch of Rohit Sharma here Talks about fitness, Rohit Sharma is still best slip fielder of India at age of 37 💙🐐 pic.twitter.com/3MreRskuNe — Aryan 🇮🇳 (@Iconic_Hitman) January 25, 2024 Won the toss and came into the field to bat first. England Jackie Crowley and Ben Duckett came to open for the team. But Crowley could not show anything special and was out after scoring just 20 runs. Before him, Ben Duckett returned to the pavilion after scoring 35 runs. Till the time of writing the news, England has scored 215 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 59 overs till tea break. At the crease, captain Ben Stokes is playing with 43 runs in 66 balls and Mark Wood is playing with 8 runs. For India, Jadeja took three wickets while Ashwin and Akshar took two wickets each.