There are many aspects to the controversy surrounding Hardik Pandya’s appointment as captain of Mumbai Indians. Hardik has been facing harsh criticism from fans ever since he replaced Rohit Sharma as the new five-time winner. Even during matches, the Indian all-rounder gets a lot of boos from the fans. Despite this, MI have also had a mediocre season as they have won just four out of seven games. Many former cricketers and experts have expressed their views on Hardik’s treatment.

Recently, former India wicketkeeper-batsman Robin Uthappa said that all senior MI players supported Rohit Sharma when he took over the captaincy from Ricky Ponting in the middle of the 2013 season. Hit Sharma.

“Hardik Pandya was their discovery. They did it through the scouting method. So they were essentially looking for a pure Mumbai Indian boy. When the captaincy was given to Rohit Sharma , the captaincy was taken away from Ricky Ponting mid-season and that’s all senior players Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Ricky Ponting are backing Rohit,” Uthappa said on the TRS Podcast.

Uthappa further said that Rohit’s form has declined in the last three years, both in terms of batting and captaincy.

“Statistically, the last four years… I will never question the ability and brilliance of batsman Rohit Sharma. But look at it from a team perspective. They won in 2020 .They have not won in the past three years and Rohit has scored less than 300 runs (only once) so he has not been successful as a batsman and captain as elsewhere he has scored runs .Running,” he said.

MI’s latest win came against Kings XI Punjab, who are on a nine-game winning streak.

“It was a very good game of cricket. Everybody’s nerves were tested. We did talk before the game that the characters would be examined in this game. Naturally, you think you’re in the right position during the game. Leading position. But we know IPL has a tendency to produce these games,” Hardik said after the win against PBKS.