Former India cricket team batsman Navjot Singh Sidhu takes on Hardik Pandey after controversial captaincy change Rohit Sharma Captain Hardik Pandya expressed his views on the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Hardik completed a blockbuster deal from Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians to replace Rohit as captain ahead of IPL 2024, a move that has been widely discussed by fans and pundits alike. In a recent interaction, Sidhu said Dhoni and Rohit are great players in their own right and playing in a team under another captain will not diminish their stature.
“I have played in an Indian team that used to have five captains together. Kapil Dev, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Ravi Shastri. Pick up a brick and you will find it has top and bottom A captain. There is no problem because they are playing for their country. Their motivation is to play for their country. So, playing under Hardik does not make Rohit any smaller.”
Dhoni has taken over the baton and that could happen to Mumbai Indians as well. But this is a franchise and they’re watching the show. They gave it three years, and when it didn’t work, they found someone new to do the job. You need to accept it. But Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni are great players. A dwarf is still a dwarf even if he stands on the top of a mountain, and God is still God even if he stands at the bottom of a well,” Sidhu said in an analysis by Star Sports.
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Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians batting coach Kieron Pollard favors Hardik Pandya over Jasprit Bumrah to start bowling , and said the captain’s decision to bat at No. 7 in the IPL opener against Gujarat Titans was a “collective decision”.
On Sunday, when MI looked set to win, they lost their first match by six runs following a puzzling batting strategy.
Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bowl first and surprisingly Hardik bowled to his former team.
“As a team, you have to plan and decide what you want to do. Hardik (Pandya) has also used the new ball for Gujarat in the last few years. He has swung the new ball and bowled it well, which is not Nothing new. For us.
“We tried to take advantage of the swing of the new ball. When I look at the decision that was made, there was nothing wrong with it and we moved on,” Pollard said at the post-match press conference.
(with PTI input)
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