IPL 2024: Twitter reacts as MI captain Hardik Pandya brutally gets booed by Ahmedabad crowd
Hardik Pandya moved from GT to MI in an all-cash trade deal before IPL 2024.
Hardik Pandya, the new Mumbai Indians (MI) captain, was greeted with loud boos as he came out for the toss for his team’s IPL 2024 opener against his former franchise Gujarat Titans (GT) on March 24, 2024. The match is being played in Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi stadium.
Hardik Pandya had captained GT in two IPL seasons after he was drafted into the franchise ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction. He was let go by MI after poor IPL 2021 performance due to retention rules. Hardik was surprisingly named captain of GT and went on to win the IPL 2022 for his team in their debut season.
Pandya continued his success as a captain as he was then handed the reins of the Indian T20I team in Rohit Sharma’s absence. In the IPL 2023, Hardik Pandya continued to lead the GT team with aplomb and took them into their second consecutive finals. However, GT fell short against MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings in the final in Ahmedabad.
Hardik Pandya greeted with boos in Ahmedabad as he comes out for a toss in the MI jersey
Then ahead of the IPL 2024 mini auction, Hardik was traded to MI in an all-cash deal with GT. He was then named the captain of MI, ending Rohit Sharma’s decade-long rein as MI skipper in which he won five IPL titles for the MI franchise.
This decision of MI to name Hardik captain was not accepted by the franchise fans and they have been slamming the franchise management and Hardik for accepting the captaincy. It was later claimed by some rumours that captaincy was a condition that Hardik put forward to MI to agree to a transfer from the GT franchise.
MI are slated to face GT in their IPL 2024 opener in Ahmedabad and Hardik was greeted with boos as he appeared in a blue MI jersey.
The fans on Twitter were on fire seeing Pandya in Ahmedabad in MI attire and shared their disdain on social media.
Here are the tweets:
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