The partial schedule for the IPL 2024 has been released by the BCCI and the tournament will start on 22 March with CSK and RCB facing each other in the opening match.
Mumbai Indians will be playing under their new skipper Hardik Pandya after being led by Rohit Sharma for a decade and under his captaincy, they have won 5 titles as well but for the last three consecutive seasons, MI has not been able to perform well and Rohit has also failed in making any impact with the bat for quite some time now.
Hardik Pandya led Gujarat Titans for the last two seasons and he was quite successful too as GT won the IPL in its debut season and reached the final in the second season but Pandya returned to his old franchise as he was promised captaincy by the MI management.
Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra feels that Hardik Pandya should be booed by the Ahmedabad crowd when MI plays against GT.
This is what Aakash Chopra said on a show, “I want Hardik Pandya to get booed in Ahmedabad. I’ll tell you why. First IPL season, Mumbai vs Kolkata. We were playing at the Wankhede Stadium. Ajit Agarkar was in our team and we had to take him off the boundary because he was Mumbai’s boy, playing against Mumbai, in Mumbai and getting booed by the Wankhede crowd. So we put him back inside the circle because it was not nice.”
He further added, “Now Hardik Pandya goes to Mumbai after winning the championship once, leading the team to the final the next time. And not just that but choosing to leave the franchise. If there isn’t any heartburn in the public of Ahmedabad, if they don’t feel hurt, where is the fun? I am expecting. No, I am hoping – don’t tell anyone – that Hardik goes for the toss and people go ‘Boo’. That’s where the league matures.”
Well, the majority of MI fans are also not happy with the management for removing Rohit Sharma from the post of captain so there is a possibility that Hardik Pandya may get booed in Mumbai as well. What do you say?
