by meninblue » Tue May 28, 2024 6:59 pm
andy wrote:sussexpob wrote:I think it was gavasker.who was laying into Hardiks captaincy on Cricinfo today ..wasn't impressed
Everyone wants to have a pop at Pandya these days, I think it's embarassing the stick he has recieved and the alleged in-fighting in the MI squad over the captaincy 'saga' Yes he hasnt been in great form but he hasn't deserved all the flak that has come his way....yes Rohit has been a good captain for MI but in last 4-5 years his run output in the IPl has been pretty poor to be honest
Indeed, Rohit has been so bad that it is not even worth selecting him in a IPL Fantasy league in last 4 or 5 years. His batting approach in power play has been poor. However, having won so many IPL trophies for Mumbai Indians, he kept his place. If MI management had dropped him as a player or captain, he would have moved to other franchisee. But his extended poor form with the bat and succession planning given his age probably made MI think tank to go for ex MI player Hardik who also won IPL in his first captaincy stint with GT. Jasprit Bumrah and SKY have been playing as VC in some formats. So this does upsets the seniority culture. There is a talk that Jasprit Bumrah, SKY and couple of MI players will opt to go into next auction. Perhaps they were okay playing under Rohit but not so under Hardik. Moreover Hardik also is not respected even in Indian cricket where top cricketers were considered and worshipped like super humans. He was in some controversy or other. One instance was a stupid comment in non cricket related talk show. Deepak Hooda also complained to state cricket association when he played with Kunal Pandya. There was news that they avoided import taxes on some luxury goods. Both Pandya brothers have been in wrong news. They fail to get that kind of respect which Sachin, Rahul, VVS etc got. So when some other negative news comes in media against them (and they do find ways to get involved in some or other controversy) they get it real bad from fans.
If Jasprit had got the captaincy, i dont think Rohit would have been upset. Jasprit is more liked in India as compared to Hardik by the fans as well for obvious reasons. Won't be surprised if there are major changes to MI team whenever the existing contracts of MI core players are due for renewal.
Test FL's - 8 , ODI and Tests Combo FL's - 1, ODI World Cup - 1, ODI FL's - 7, ODI and T20i combo FL's - 1 ,
T20 Franchisee FL's - 7, T20i Cup FL's- 1, T20 FL's- 5 , 50 Overs Domestic FL's - 1, 40 Overs Domestic FL's- 1