A video posted by Mumbai Indians on social media has sparked a massive meme fest ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. The video featured all the MI cricketers in locations all around Mumbai along with team owner Nita Ambani and mentor Sachin Tendulkar. In the final few seconds of the video, the team posed for a picture with Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya sitting on a sofa in the middle. With the controversy surrounding Hardik’s appointment as skipper in place of Rohit, social media users noticed a space on the sofa between the two cricketers and decided to come up with hilarious posts.
Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya believes that there won’t be any awkwardness between him and former MI skipper Rohit Sharma ahead of the Indian Premier League 2024.
As MI continue to gear up for the upcoming season, Hardik opened up about his relationship with Rohit and he believes that the Indian skipper will bring in his experience and back him throughout the season.
“First of all, it won’t be different he is going to be there to help me out if I need his help. At the same time, you have also mentioned he is the captain of the Indian cricket team which helps me because this team has achieved under his belt and from now onwards it is going to be what he has achieved I will just carry forward that. So I don’t think it will be awkward or anything different. It will be a nice feeling because we have been playing for 10 years, I have played whole my career under him and yeah I know he is going to have a hand on my shoulder always throughout the season,” Hardik said.
Hardik also opened up dealing with the backlash from fans regarding the change in captaincy. He emphasized his mindset of focusing on things that are under his control rather than pivoting on factors that remain out of his control.
“Yes I will be bowling, to be honest, we respect fans but at the same time we focus on the sport I focus on what is required I control the controllable I don’t focus on what I can’t control and at the same point in time we are grateful to fans. A lot of fame name comes from them. I respect their opinion,” Pandya said.
