Key Points
The prodigal son's return as a captain of Mumbai Indians, thus replacing five-time IPL-winning skipper Rohit Sharma, has not gone down well in world cricket..
If the social-media outrage from MI fans in the lead-up to the 2024 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was not enough, Hardik Pandya faced the wrath of the spectators with verbal attacks at each of the two venues Mumbai played their matches so far..
And now, former India cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, who came back to cricket commentary after ages for IPL 2024, shared a striking post on X, previously known as Twitter, on the Mumbai Indians situation.st..
On Saturday, Sidhu posted a video featuring glimpses of Rohit's campaign with Mumbai so far this season as he hailed the incumbent India captain and said that MI are lucky to have a player of his stature..
Before the start of Mumbai's campaign in IPL 2024 last week against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, Sidhu, speaking to Star Sports, had reacted to MI's debatable call to name Hardik as the captain, saying that Rohit's stature will not fall playing under the all-rounder..
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