Mumbai Indians (MI) new skipper Hardik Pandya has been subjected to unreal scrutiny and dissatisfaction from fans and experts alike in the first few days of the job in the 2024 edition of the IPL and it doesnt help when the team is unable to get points on the board. Two games in a row and the five-time champions have lost both of them and the latest one saw 523 runs being scored in a game and Hardik was at the receiving end once again not just as a captain but as a player too.
After his bowling changes were criticised by the likes of Irfan Pathan and Tom Moody for giving his strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah just one over in the first half of the Sunrisers Hyderabads (SRH) bowling innings, Hardik was slammed for his slow innings as well where other players struck around 200. Hardik, who began his innings with a six and four, couldnt time as well as he would have liked and ended up scoring just 24 off 20 balls he faced.
Irfan was at it again saying, If the whole team is playing with the strike [rate
