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A post-match visual of Hardik Pandya has left experts deeply disturbed and simultaneously angry at the rest of the Mumbai Indians players. Albeit not a new low for Mumbai Indians, who have been perennial slow starters in an Indian Premier League (IPL), their array of three straight defeats since the start of IPL 2024 has been labelled as a disastrous campaign so far, with Hardik Pandya criticised for his captaincy by experts amid the boos from the crowd..
However, more than the loss, it was a post-match visual of the MI captain that left experts deeply saddened, worried and simultaneously angry at the rest of the players in the team.P)..
This very visual left former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh deeply disturbed as he fumed at the Mumbai Indians players for "not accepting Hardik as their captain"...
Former MI star Ambati Rayudu, who was part of the panel as well, questioned if the team members are intentionally making Hardik look "confused" and "not work freely"..
Former India cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu criticised the act from the Mumbai players as well, saying that if the players don't rally behind the captain, the franchise will find it difficult to even win a single match..
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