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IPL 2024: Hardik gets booed again as chants of 'Rohit Rohit' fill Wankhede

There was no letup in crowd hostility towards Hardik Pandya with fans booing the Mumbai Indians skipper as he walked out for toss in their IPL match against Rajasthan Royals on Monday, even as chants of 'Rohit Rohit' reverberated across the Wankhede Stadium. The 29-year-old Pandya, who replaced Rohit as the captain of the Mumbai Indians in the lead-up to the tournament, has already been subjected to crowd's anger over the franchise's decision regarding leadership during the team's previous two away games at Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. Pandya was booed by a section of the crowd before the toss when he was doing rounds of the field as a warm-up exercise. The flamboyant all-rounder was then booed again when his named was announced at the time of the toss, to which Pandya only smiled as loud chants in support of the former Mumbai skipper Rohit filled the venue. The jeers continued as Pandya began speaking after losing the toss to Rajasthan Royals' skipper Sanju Samson, forcing presenter .

IPL 2024: Need to be more disciplined - Pandya after 3rd consecutive defeat

Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya on Monday urged his team to show a bit more "discipline" and "courage" to turn things around after suffering a third successive loss in the IPL 2024. Asked to bat, MI were left tottering at 20 for 4 in the fourth over and they just couldn't recover from the disastrous start, managing only 125 for nine in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, Rajasthan Royals overhauled the target with 27 balls to spare for a six-wicket win. "We didn't start the way we wanted to, tough night tonight," Hardik told the broadcasters after the match. "Results, sometimes it happens sometimes it doesn't. I don't think much surprises me anymore. But as a group we believe we can pull off a lot of better things going forward and we just need to be more disciplined and show more courage." It was Hardik's 21-ball 34 which pushed MI's total. But things went downhill after he was sent back by Yuzvendra Chahal. "I think we were in a decent position to give us a chance to get to 1

IPL 2024- 'Behave': Manjrekar asks Mumbai crowd to cheer for Hardik at toss

This statement from Manjrekar came in light of alleged booing that Pandya has received in the last two matches as captain of the MI team in Ahmedabad and Hyderabad

IPL 2024 MI vs RR: Sidhu explains why fans are angry with Hardik Pandya

Sidhu observed that when the captain of the Indian cricket team is not leading his franchise, and that too involuntarily, it undermines the fans' pride

IPL 2024 MI vs RR preview: Struggling Mumbai look for happy homecoming

IPL's perennial slow-starters Mumbai Indians under new captain Hardik Pandya will hope for a happy homecoming when they take on a confident Rajasthan Royals at the Wankhede Stadium here on Monday. Despite the change at the helm with Pandya replacing five-time title-winning skipper Rohit Sharma -- a move that has sparked brutal attack on the former -- Mumbai Indians have once again made a familiar disappointing start to their IPL campaign as they lost their first two matches. A six-run defeat to Pandya's former team Gujarat Titans was followed by a walloping by Sunrisers Hyderabad who won the record run-fest by 32 runs in Hyderabad, with Mumbai Indians plummeting to the last spot in the 10-team points table. These are still early days in the 17th edition of the T20 league but Pandya's Mumbai Indians will need to end their losing streak and improve their Net Run Rate which is the worst among all teams at -0.925. Among the odds stacked up against them is the absence of Suryakumar Yada

IPL 2024: Ashwin lambasts fans for booing Pandya on MI captaincy issue

"Have you seen, for instance, Joe Root and Jos Buttler fans fight? Do you see Steven Smith fans fighting with Pat Cummins fans in Australia?" Ashwin questioned the Indian fans

IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya registers worst defeat by runs as captain in IPL

Hardik Pandya's previous worst defeat by runs as the captain was 27 in IPL 2023 when Gujarat lost against MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

SRH vs MI: 10 hilarious memes of Hardik Pandya after MI's second defeat

Social media hit a storm of funny Hardik Pandya memes after the second consecutive defeat of Mumbai Indians. Check the 10 most funny memes

IPL 2024 SRH vs MI: Why Hardik Pandya batting at number seven is a big no?

With the presence of Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik might not get to bat in the top four, but he must bat at number five and assign Tim David and Mohammad Nabi the role of finishers

IPL 2024: Here's how Hardik Pandya can win Mumbai Indians' fans trust

'When you come to replace a personality like Rohit Sharma, who is already a phenomenal achiever when it comes to the Mumbai Indians. It will take some time, it will settle'

IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians' full schedule, match time, SWOT Analysis

Rohit Sharma will not be the captain of the Mumbai side for the first time in a decade, and Hardik Pandya, who won a title in his inaugural season as captain of Gujarat Titans

IPL 2024 MI vs GT Highlights: Bowlers win thriller for Gujarat at home

IPL 2024 Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians Highlights: Mohit Sharma took big wickets of Brevis and David while Sai Kishore removed Rohit. Umesh defended 18 in last over to give Titans a thrilling win

Why IPL player pay has not grown in sync with BCCI and franchise revenue?

While the value of IPL has increased by 433%, the salary cap of the franchise has only increased from Rs 20 crore in 2008 to Rs 100 crore in 2024

IPL 2024: Pandya's MI plays first intra-squad practice game without Rohit

In the huddle before the intra-squad game of the Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya was seen hugging Rohit Sharma by getting out of the huddle

IPL 2024: '...Hand on my shoulders' - Hardik Pandya on Rohit's role in MI

Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya on Monday said his predecessor Rohit Sharma will continue to be a guiding force for him during the IPL despite the unexpected change of leadership that the franchise announced ahead of the upcoming season. Pandya, who led Gujarat Titans in the past two seasons, is back at Mumbai Indians as captain for the 2024 edition. Having led Mumbai Indians to five titles, Rohit was surprisingly replaced by Pandya going into the 2024 edition. "It will not be any different, he will always be there to help me. This team, what it has achieved, it has achieved under him and I just have to carry forward that. He is going to have his hand on my shoulders," said Pandya in a media interaction here. "We respect fans but we focus on the sport and what is required. I focus on the controllables, fans have every right and I respect their opinion," he replied when asked about the fans' outrage at Rohit's removal. The star all-rounder will be making his comeback to top-lev

Resorted to extreme measures: Hardik Pandya explains freak World Cup injury

Pandya injured his ankle during India's fourth World Cup game against Bangladesh while bowling his first over of that match and didn't play any further part in India's campaign

IPL 2024: Nehra reveals reasons behind Titans not forcing Hardik to stay

Gujarat Titans head coach Ashish Nehra on Saturday said he never tried to convince Hardik Pandya against returning to Mumbai Indians but conceded that the star all-rounder's experience would be dearly missed by the team in the IPL beginning on March 22. Pandya, who led GT to IPL title in their maiden year before taking them to the final last year, has moved back to Mumbai Indians as their skipper for the upcoming season. "In any sport, you have to move on. You cannot buy experience and to replace someone like Hardik Pandya or (an injured) Mohammed Shami isn't going to be easy. But that's a learning curve and that's how team moves forward," Nehra told mediapersons here on Saturday. Pandya-Nehra combination had worked wonders for GT in their first two seasons and the inevitable question arose whether the head coach tried to stop the skipper from joining Mumbai Indians. "I never tried to convince Pandya to stay back. As you play more, you gain experience. I could have stopped him had

IPL 2024: Watch Ishan Kishan join Mumbai Indians camp in spooky style

Ishan also attended the pre-season training camp and practised various routines along with batting in the net

IPL 2024: Watch Hardik Pandya to Coetzee in Mumbai Indians' pre-season camp

Mumbai Indians started their pre-season camp for the Indian Premier League 2024 on Tuesday, March 12 with skipper Hardik Pandya in attendance

IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya returns to competitive cricket after long layoff

India all-rounder Hardik Pandya on Monday made his return to competitive cricket after a long injury layoff with a two-wicket haul in the DY Patil T20 Cup here. Pandya grabbed 2/22 in three overs in Reliance One's win by two wickets in a low-scoring game over Bharat Petroleum Cooperation Limited at the DY Patil Cricket Academy. Pandya had been out of action since suffering an ankle injury during the ODI World Cup match against Bangladesh in Pune in October, and is preparing up for a comeback in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the new skipper of the five-time winners Mumbai Indians. The Reliance One team also included other Mumbai Indians players such as Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Akash Madhwal, Naman Dhir and Piyush Chawla. The 30-year-old all-rounder, however, was replaced by Rohit Sharma as India's captain for the T20 World Cup to be played in the Caribbean and the USA in June this year. The DY Patil T20 Cup is a corporate tournament in which a total of 16 teams are taking .