In a display of sportsmanship, former Mumbai Indians (MI) captain Rohit Sharma was seen urging the crowd to stop booing current skipper Hardik Pandya during their IPL 2024 match against Rajasthan Royals (RR). The video and pictures capturing the moment have gone viral on social media.
This comes amidst Hardik facing criticism from a section of the home crowd ever since taking over the captaincy from Rohit. The boos continued at the Wankhede Stadium, prompting commentator Sanjay Manjrekar to request silence from the fans.
Rohit Sharma asking the crowd to stop the boo…!!!
– Nice gesture by Hitman. 👏 pic.twitter.com/0cnRZoIC2P
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 1, 2024
Our Rohit Sharma asking the crowd to stop the boo..Even He is Not Happy with it..so Please stop pic.twitter.com/MZwnRfe823
— Mumbai Indians TN (@MumbaiIndiansTN) April 1, 2024
Rohit Sharma asking crowd not to boo Hardik Pandya.
Indian Cricket has really produce some gentlemen like Sachin Tendulkar, Ms Dhoni and Rohit Sharma.Respect from Pakistan 🇵🇰#MIvsRR#RRvMI#RohitSharma#HardikPandya#MIvsRR pic.twitter.com/q6Uqw8NBZA
— Zulfiqar Aliⁱᴾⁱᵃⁿ (@zulfiqarali7034) April 2, 2024
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Rohit Sharma struggles with the bat
Earlier , after put in to bat first, MI faced early jolts. Rohit fell for a golden duck, edging an outswinger from Trent Boult to RR wicketkeeper and captain Sanju Samson. Boult continued his fiery spell, dismissing Naman Dhir and Dewald Brevis for ducks as well.
Tilak Varma (32) and Hardik Pandya (34) showed some resistance in the middle. But as soon as Hardik departed in the 10th over, with MI at 76/5, the rest of the batters failed to capitalize. Eventually, MI were restricted for a meagre 125/9 by the Rajasthan bowlers.
Rajasthan Royals cruise to victory
RR chased down the target comfortably in 15.3 overs, thanks to a brilliant unbeaten 54 from Riyan Parag. Akash Madhwal was the lone bright spot for MI with his three wickets. This loss marked Mumbai’s third consecutive defeat in the IPL 2024 season.
