IPL 2024, Hardik Pandya: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya told where his team went wrong this season. How he kept falling behind in every match.
Hardik Pandya will always remember IPL 2024. This season will continue to give him pain. This player, who made his debut for Mumbai Indians in 2015, left the captaincy of Gujarat Titans this season and returned to MI. The franchise had traded him. Made captain in place of Rohit Sharma. There was a lot of uproar over this decision. Pandya had thought that after returning home, he would have the same charisma as he used to have till 2021, but this season he was a flop in every aspect. When the captaincy was snatched from Rohit Sharma, the fans got angry at Pandya. Then when he came on the field, he flopped. In this way, Pandya faced criticism throughout the season.
Under the captaincy of Pandya, Mumbai Indians performed their worst ever. In the first match of this season, they were defeated by Gujarat Titans and in the last match, they were defeated by Lucknow team. After this defeat, Pandya’s pain spilled over and he clearly said that the entire season had gone wrong. Pandya also told where the team went wrong.
What did Hardik Pandya say about the team’s performance this season?
Regarding the shameful performance this season, Hardik Pandya said, ‘This season has been very difficult. We could not play good quality cricket, due to which the team had to suffer the loss. This is a professional world, you always have to come forward and give your best, but yes, as a team we could not play quality cricket or smart cricket, it is too early to tell what went wrong. The whole season kind of went wrong, we’ll pass this game off like any other.
Hardik Pandya’s performance in IPL 2024?
Captain Hardik Pandya flopped on every front. Neither his bat worked nor his bowling was good, he completely failed in terms of captaincy also. Hardik scored 216 runs in 14 matches at a poor average of 18. In bowling, he took only 11 wickets with an economy of 10.75.
How was the performance of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024?
IPL 2024 is like a nightmare for the team. This season, the team included star players like Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, yet this team could not qualify. The surprising thing is that the team finished last i.e. 10th in the points table. The team lost 10 out of 14. This is the same team which has won the trophy 5 times, but this season was very useless for them.
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