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Indian captain and Mumbai Indians star Rohit Sharma was seen requesting the crowd not to boo MI captain Hardik Pandya at the Wankhede Stadium. The five-time IPL champions suffered their thir d straight defeat of the 2024 season against Rajasthan Royals by six wickets on the back of a brilliant bowling effort by Yuzvendra Chahal and Trent Boult.
Notably, Hardik Pandya has faced constant criticism and scrutiny ever since he returned to the Mumbai Indians and replaced Rohit Sharma as the captain of the franchise. Then ahead of the RR game, Pandya was subjected to constant boos at the toss. But during the game, a video of Rohit Sharma asking fans not to boo Pandya has gone viral on social media.
Check out the incident from MI vs RR IPL 2024 here:
I needed to do a lot more: Hardik Pandya on defeat against RR
After the game, Hardik Pandya took responsibility for his performance in the defeat against Rajasthan Royals. Speaking in the post-match interview, Pandya, "Yes, a tough night, we didn't start the way we wanted to start. I wanted to counter, we were in a decent position to get us around 150-160, but my wicket allowed them to get back more into the game, I needed to do a lot more."
"It's okay, we didn't expect such a surface, but you can't always have it as a batter, it's nice at times for the bowlers to have a say. It's all about doing the right things, (correct) results happen at times, at some other times it doesn't. As a group, we believe we can do a lot better, but we need to be a bit more discipline and show a lot more courage," he continued.
