rollingstoned Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 (edited) Hardik Pandya ripped into by Praveen Kumar over MI captaincy in IPL: 'Gets injured, doesn't play domestic or for India' Praveen Kumar blasted Hardik Pandya for giving more preference to playing IPL and earning the big bucks than playing for the country or for his domestic team. Former India cricketer Praveen Kumar has made a serious allegation on Hardik Pandya and his fitness a day after the India all-rounder joined the Mumbai Indians camp to begin his preparations for the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) season where he will be leading the five-time champions. Praveen ripped apart Hardik alleging that he has shown a pattern of getting injured two months before the IPL and doesn't turn up for the domestic team, Baroda, or for his country as he has his focus on earning money with his participation in the league. Praveen Kumar has made a serious allegation on Hardik Pandya(Mumbai Indians) This is not the first that the cricketing fraternity has encountered such talks around Hardik. Besides it being a usual murmur on social media each time Hardik incurred an injury over the course of the last few years, veteran India all-rounder Irfan Pathan was the first to raise the topic openly from the cricket community when Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan had faced BCCI's wrath over prioritising IPL over domestic cricket as the two were removed from central contracts. Both Ishan and Iyer, during their time away from national duty, turned a blind eye to the board's repeated order to participate in the ongoing Ranji Trophy season. Hence, in an unprecedented step, BCCI removed both from the annual retainers for the 2023/24 season. However, taking to X, Pathan questioned why Hardik, who doesn't play white-ball domestic matches for Baroda during time away from the Indian team, was getting a special treatment from the BCCI. “They are talented cricketers, both Shreyas and Ishan. Hoping they bounce back and come back stronger. If players like Hardik don’t want to play red ball cricket, should he and others like him participate in white-ball domestic cricket when they aren’t on national duty? If this doesn’t apply to all, then Indian cricket won’t achieve the desired results,” he had written. Speaking much on the same lines, in a clip that has gone viral on social media, Praveen blasted Hardik for giving more preference to playing IPL and earning the big bucks than playing for the country or for his domestic team. "You get injured two months before the IPL, you don't play for the country, you don't play for your state in domestic cricket, and just directly play in the IPL. That's not how things should be done. It's okay to earn money, there's nothing wrong with that. But you have to play for state and country and now people only give importance to the IPL)", Praveen said. Praveen's response came in a query to the question of whether Mumbai Indians were correct in removing Rohit Sharma, who led them to five IPL titles, from captaincy and naming Hardik as their new leader. Despite the franchise pinning the reason down to Rohit's dwindling numbers with the bat over the last few seasons, the former Mumbai Indians bowler reckoned that the India captain could have continued to lead the side for another three years. “Yes, Rohit can do it. Not only for one year, but he can do it for two years, three years. But eventually, the decision lies in the hands of the management,” the 37-year-old said. Edited March 13 by rollingstoned Rightarmfast, Vijy, Frustrated and 5 others 2 6 Link to comment
Kron Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 3 hours ago, Serpico said: Shami on twitter No need to call him kalu. Unnecessary and comes with deep undertones. Link to comment
LordPrabhzy Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 15 minutes ago, Kron said: No need to call him kalu. Unnecessary and comes with deep undertones. Chapri Pandya himself says he is slightly on the black side Kron, putrevus and raki05 3 Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Luckiest Indian cricketer. Made so much money in such a short span without playing too much for India. cricspirit, putrevus, raki05 and 2 others 5 Link to comment
AuxiliA Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 3 hours ago, Serpico said: Shami on twitter Lol I will give Shami the benefit of doubt, probably read the 1st half only. BTW Indian Cricket social media has turned highly canabalistic post 2020. So many annoying kids these days abusing left, right & center, without even being funny. Link to comment
Vijy Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said: Luckiest Indian cricketer. Made so much money in such a short span without playing too much for India. they should make one more season of "scam" based on this story Link to comment
Suhaan Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) I think Pandua might retire soon from Odis and tests Edited March 14 by Suhaan Frustrated and nevada 2 Link to comment
tweaker Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Pandya gets fit for IPL.does BCCI.has aby guts to ask.Pandya to play domestic or they will just bully Kishan.and Iyer Vijy, putrevus, AKane and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment
jf1gp_1 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Guy went down trying to save a boundary during a WC match. Has lost his captaincy this is criticism for the heck of criticising. Link to comment
Suhaan Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 6 minutes ago, tweaker said: Pandya gets fit for IPL.does BCCI.has aby guts to ask.Pandya to play domestic or they will just bully Kishan.and Iyer Yes this blatant hypocrisy,they should call him out too Groom 1 or 2 other prospects Edited March 14 by Suhaan raki05 1 Link to comment
goose Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 pandya is an exciting new talent raki05 and Lord 2 Link to comment
The Realist Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Prav Kumar on point. Don't think Pandya can handle Prav style bowling in tests/ODIs so has run away. Link to comment
MediumPacer Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 5 minutes ago, The Realist said: Prav Kumar on point. Don't think Pandya can handle Prav style bowling in tests/ODIs so has run away. How is auntie,tell her hi. Link to comment
rollingstoned Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 55 minutes ago, jf1gp_1 said: Guy went down trying to save a boundary during a WC match. Has lost his captaincy this is criticism for the heck of criticising. That one save seems to have put him out of commission for several months now. raki05 1 Link to comment
RajBan Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Initial buzz aside given potential all-round capabilities that was marketed well, never understood this continuous hype about Pandya till this day specially when he hardly plays and has very few performance to show for him over 8 years. Turned out to be a very ordinary cricketer but must concede excellent con man. raki05 1 Link to comment
G_B_ Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Pandya should become a t20 specialist. Just make the call. India have enough depth in odi n test cricket to not consider him. raki05 and Forever Indian 2 Link to comment
Forever Indian Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) 1 hour ago, G_B_ said: Pandya should become a t20 specialist. Just make the call. India have enough depth in odi n test cricket to not consider him. Pandya used to be a big hitter, but don't think he is that anymore. So unless he contributes with both bat and ball (3 or 4 overs) he would not even be a T20 specialist... Edited March 14 by Forever Indian G_B_, raki05 and Suhaan 1 1 1 Link to comment
putrevus Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) I don't think he is needed any format in Indian team. His bowling was never good enough to win anything . His batting is more miss than hit.The so called balance he is supposed to provide has never worked in eight years. As he is getting older, he is carrying more baggage than helping the team. Let him play all IPLs he wants and leave Indian team alone. Edited March 15 by putrevus raki05 and Frustrated 1 1 Link to comment
Vijy Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 16 hours ago, G_B_ said: Pandya should become a t20 specialist. Just make the call. India have enough depth in odi n test cricket to not consider him. he should become an IPL specialist. Forever Indian and putrevus 1 1 Link to comment
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