The Indian T20 team is on a roll having not lost a single T20I series since the T20 World Cup last year. And under Rohit Sharma, since he took the captaincy full time, India haven’t lost a single match this year.
The latest triumphs came against England, one of the best white-ball teams in the world. India registered win in Southampton, by 50 runs, and in Birmingham by 49 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 series lead, with the third and last match to be played on Sunday in Nottingham.
Hardik Pandya abused skipper Rohit Sharma
However, there was one incident in the second T20I on Saturday that has divided the fans in sections. This involved superstar all-rounder abusing skipper Rohit Sharma during India’s bowling innings, a video of this has gone viral.
In this video, Hardik Pandya, who was Player of the Match in the first T20I, has completed his first over of the match in which he was smashed for a boundary by Liam Livingstone.
After the over, Hardik is heard perhaps explaining his frustration with a field setting, to which the fielder replies that he had been positioned there by captain Rohit Sharma.
A livid Pandya then abused Rohit and rebukes the fielder saying, “Mere time merepe dekho, maa ****** gaya woh [Rohit]” [Listen to me in my over, [abuses Rohit then]).
In the moment of heat and being upset, what Pandya perhaps didn’t realized that his vulgan and offensive remarks toward the skipper and his family was being caught on the stump mic and heard by the fans, who have now made this video, with audio, viral on social media.
You can check out the video here:
#HardikAbusedRohit : Just by winning one ipl trophy hardik pandya is abusing the man who is five times winner in ipl and playing for india since 2007 and by the way he has shown this before with his another senior shami . pic.twitter.com/0zRnYnINwA
— ishwar dutta (@editor_Ishwar) July 10, 2022
Fans slammed Hardik for this behaviour and hence the hastag “#HardikabusedRohit” was trending on Twitter on Sunday with the netizens saying that recent success has made Hardik egoistic.
Here are some of the reactions:
Hardik abusing his Team mate ” Rohit Sharma ” and that’s the culture & ethics @JayShah @SGanguly99
Has created Over the Years.If You don’t take action on Hardik @hardikpandya7 , You are coward#HardikAbusedRohitpic.twitter.com/u8iCP4jEVh
— HITMAN
LOVER
LOVER #HardikAbusedRohit
This should stop cause this won’t set a good example of the cricketing spirit in India
Captain should be respected and we should stop comparing team. pic.twitter.com/6QEKRIDMNl— DefinitelyNot_07 (@AruMehru07) July 10, 2022
Hardik Pandya scored more runs than Rohit in IPL. GT finished at 1st while MI at 10th. Rohit had no 50s in IPL. Struggling in internationals too. Hardik winning matches with all round performance.
He has every right to abuse dictator Rohit#HardikAbusedRohit
— Sai Krishna
(@SaiKingkohli) Meanwhile cricket lovers
#HardikAbusedRohit pic.twitter.com/m5dik1Umn9— SupDup (@JokerSupra) July 10, 2022
This dog @hardikpandya7 needs Vaccination pic.twitter.com/LMRaixnE6y
— HITMAN
Without Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians wouldn’t have won many trophies. He was the real Captain of MI while Rohit was carried by the team with 25 avg for 6 seasons. Hardik’s legacy is bigger than Rohit’s. #HardikAbusedRohit
— Sai Krishna
Players like Hardik who have been banned from cricket due to their misbehavior support Virat Kohli .
Indian seniors support Rohit Sharma .
The Big Difference ! https://t.co/k5j6ZLqEDD pic.twitter.com/VydC2AzppL
— Kaygee18 (@Kaygee1803) July 10, 2022
#HardikAbusedRohit
Virat kohli fans watching hardiks abusive language against Rohit be like pic.twitter.com/KmBOTeGsKY— Pratik (@itsVk_pratik19) July 10, 2022
This hardik pandya against Rohit Sharma incident is a a true example of “Respect is deserved, not demanded”#HardikAbusedRohitpic.twitter.com/5ZpDpccZA2
— akshat (@ReignOfVirat) July 10, 2022
Dravid to Indian players:#HardikAbusedRohit pic.twitter.com/eYJ5rWiUUS
— Agent Chai (@1GingerTea) July 10, 2022
We will not tolarate abuse for Indian Captain Rohit Sharma by Hardik Pandya. It's okay that he won IPL without Rohit, but still it's very disrespectful #HardikAbusedRohitpic.twitter.com/hSwNHXQ8de
— nitin (@Ordinarylndian) July 10, 2022
