rollingstoned Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Reports: MI divided into two groups, owners backing captain Hardik Pandya The backlash was evident during the initial two matches of the ongoing IPL 2024, where fans heavily booed Hardik Pandya and showed their unwavering support for Rohit Sharma. Since taking over the captaincy role from the five-time champion and star batter, Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians' fans have struggled to accept this decision. This was evident during the initial two matches of the ongoing IPL, where fans heavily booed Hardik Pandya and showed their unwavering support for Rohit Sharma. Now a recent report by Dainik Jagran has shed light on internal dynamics within the Mumbai Indians team. It revealed the existence of two distinct factions: one led by Rohit Sharma, which includes players like Jasprit Bumrah, Tilak Verma, and others; and another led by Hardik Pandya, with members such as Ishan Kishan and others. Additionally, the report highlights that Hardik Pandya has garnered support from the team owners, further indicating the division within the team. As of now, Mumbai Indians have played two matches in the ongoing season, but unity within the team hasn't been evident. Hardik's captaincy has been criticized, notably for his decision to bowl the first over despite Jasprit Bumrah's presence and his inability to finish games against Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad Former Indian fast bowler Irfan Pathan also criticized Hardik's batting and captaincy, emphasizing the disparity between the team and captain's batting strike rates saying, "If the whole team is playing with the strike of 200, Captain can’t bat with the batting strike rate of 120." Additionally, Pathan questioned Hardik's decision-making, particularly in keeping Bumrah out of crucial moments during the game. "The captaincy of Hardik Pandya has been ordinary to say the least. Keeping Bumrah away for too long when the carnage was on was beyond my understanding," Pathan had tweted. Looking ahead, it remains to be seen how Hardik Pandya responds to the backlash from fans and critics. MI supporters are skeptical about his captaincy, and it will be crucial to observe how he rallies the team for the remainder of the season. MI's next match against Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, will be a significant test for Hardik and the team as the huge MI fans are surely going to test Hardik's temperament and his mental toughness. tweaker and Vijy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Beverly Hills 90210 version vvvslaxman, velu, nevada and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Who are 'others' playing from both sides cricspirit and Vijy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowl_out Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 2 hours ago, Lord said: Who are 'others' playing from both sides The article just takes obvious names like Bumrah and Kishan whom we know favor Rohit and Pandya respectively Lord and Vijy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan AF Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Old news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punjabi_khota Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Saas(Sharma) bahu(pandya) types mahaaul lag Raha hai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 If true, Sharma’s group should not act like a sore loser. He was made captain at a relatively young age too and was supported by seniors. One has to learn to move on. As a Sanskrit saying goes “Nothing is permanent”. Also MI’s icons are Ambanis themselves and Sachin. Others have come and gone. MICT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New guy Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, zen said: If true, Sharma’s group should not act like a sore loser. He was made captain at a relatively young age too and was supported by seniors. One has to learn to move on. As a Sanskrit saying goes “Nothing is permanent”. Also MI’s icons are Ambanis themselves and Sachin. Others have come and gone. It's not about Rohit being removed (although the way it was done was sad, no other franchise treat someone who has been with them so long so badly) but that someone like Pandya became captain through horse trading, if sky or bumrah was made captain you wouldn't have seen this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cricspirit Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, New guy said: It's not about Rohit being removed (although the way it was done was sad, no other franchise treat someone who has been with them so long so badly) but that someone like Pandya became captain through horse trading, if sky or bumrah was made captain you wouldn't have seen this. Not just about captainship either. Its about Pandya too specifically. Pandya many a times rode his luck to win games. Scolded players on the field and acted like he owns them. His tantrums and dramebazi has no limits. He should not captain any team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 15 hours ago, New guy said: It's not about Rohit being removed (although the way it was done was sad, no other franchise treat someone who has been with them so long so badly) but that someone like Pandya became captain through horse trading, if sky or bumrah was made captain you wouldn't have seen this. Technically, there should NOT be any issues with Pandya, who is also the choice of the owners, as captain. Both SKY and Bumrah have played under him for India. There are people who think both SKY and Bunrah are overrated esp. as captaincy material. So if one of those were made captain, a different set of people would have been “offended”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vijy Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 good, we need to have some spice: this could be the reality TV that we did not need, but that we deserve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 (edited) . Edited April 5 by velu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Lord, Gollum and Tillu 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 4 minutes ago, velu said: He resembles R Ashwin in this pic Gollum and velu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 1 hour ago, Mariyam said: He resembles R Ashwin in this pic he looks far fairer in person .. me and my wife asked him for a selfie long back when he was just IPL famous ( i mistaken him for vinay kumar ) , after 1/2 pics he asked us to face the sunny side for better pics down to eath guy Mariyam and Tillu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricketfan28 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Mumbai needs freshness, so panyda is better or someone like sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Why does Bumrah want to be the captain ? Doesn't he know he is an injury prone fast bowler and no serious team will take a bet on such player to be the captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jf1gp_1 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Why can't Rohit see he is done and it's time to move on. MI see Hardik as leader for next 5yrs. Also someone needs to tell him he is also done as white ball leader of Indian team. Gollum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jf1gp_1 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 16 hours ago, velu said: SKY was viewed as potential WC captain in the event Pandya continued to remain injured. Unfortunately he himself got injured and Rohit is back. I guess we now have a 3rd camp in MI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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