The new Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya will be happy to see the reinvigorated support he is now getting from the fans as the IPL 2024 inches closer.
Over the last few months, Hardik Pandya has been lambasted by the fans, in particular by Mumbai Indians fans, ever since he was announced as the new MI captain ahead of the IPL 2024 auction, replacing Rohit Sharma.
In the latest promotional advertisement released by sponsors Dream11 for the IPL 2024, there were a spate of Indian superstars – Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, R Ashwin, Sanju Samson, Rishabh Pant, Krunal Pandya, and Rahul Chahar. The likes of Preity Zinta, Mohinder Amarnath, and Krishnamachari Srikkanth too made an appearance in the advertisement.
Hardik Pandya had multiple dialogues in the video. In collaboration with Dream11, a few players posted this video on his Instagram handle.
Contrary to how things have unfolded in the last few months, this time, Pandya got some good support from the fans.
Check out the ad here:
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Fans support Hardik Pandya in the latest IPL 2024 promotional ad:
Pandya had been traded in by MI after the all-rounder spent two highly successful seasons at GT. It was learned the he had put the precondition of being named the new skipper straightaway, and MI agreed to it. The appointment of Hardik as the new MI captain didn’t set well with most people, not least Rohit’s wife Ritika Sajdeh, who made it clear with her Instagram activities.
There had been reports of unrest and strife in the MI camp with even Jasprit Bumrah being unhappy with this decision by the MI management and owners.
Recently, bowling coach Lasith Malinga delivered a message of peace and calmness in the dressing room.
Malinga said in an interview, “Rohit and Hardik are good friends. He went to GT and won the IPL, then finished runner-up. So, he has good experience and he has a good bond with boom (Bumrah), Rohit. We have a good unit.”
Mumbai will kick off their IPL 2024 campaign on March 22 in Ahmedabad against Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans.
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