Former India star’s ‘won’t earn respect from team’ post goes viral.Fans find Hardik Pandya link | Cricket News

Hardik Pandya is still in the news, but not for the right reasons. Ever since he became the captain of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Mumbai Indians, he has had to face severe criticism from fans. Seeing the dismissal of their beloved Rohit Sharma, the fans booed and even abused Hardik on the spot. Mumbai Indians’ results in the IPL 2024 season haven’t helped Hardik either, with the team losing three games in a row. Former India cricketer Irfan Pathan took to X (former) Twitter in a cryptic post that seemed to be aimed at Hardik after his performance against Rajasthan Royals on Monday Failed to get off to a good start.

In a series of posts on X, Irfan explains how important it is for leaders to do the hard things for their teams if they are to earn their respect.

“Anyone familiar with the game knows this. If you are ready, you have to lead the team through difficult times,” Irrfan wrote in the first post.

Anyone familiar with the game knows this. If you’re ready, you have to see the team come through.

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 1, 2024

“You always want your leader to do the hard things. If he doesn’t, he won’t earn the respect of his team,” his second post read.

You always want your leaders to do the hard things. If he doesn’t, he won’t earn the respect of his team.

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 1, 2024

After MI suffered its third consecutive defeat of the season, Hardik admitted that his dismissal in the game changed the course of the game.

“Yes, it was a tough night and we didn’t start the way we wanted to. I wanted to fight back and we were in a good position to get us around 150-160 but my wicket made them more More to come back into the game and I need to do more. It’s OK, we didn’t expect a surface like this but you can’t always take it as a batsman and sometimes it’s good for the bowlers to have a say.

“It’s all about doing the right things and sometimes the (right) results happen and sometimes they don’t. As a team we believe we can do better but we need to be more disciplined and show more courage, “Hardik said at the post-match award ceremony.