NEW DELHI: Just before the 2024 edition, when five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians announced that they are replacing
Rohit Sharma
by
Hardik Pandya
as captain, things haven't looked good for the franchise.
The move came as a rude shock for the MI fans and they thronged the stadiums extending their support to
Rohit
by cheering and chanting his name and even booed Pandya by loud jeers.
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The hatred for Pandya had increased so much that former cricketer-turned-commentator had to ask fans to "behave" when the MI skipper had turned up at the toss before an IPL game at the
Wankhede Stadium
in Mumbai.
Such has been the downfall for Mumbai Indians that they became the first side to be eliminated from the playoff race having lost 8 of their 12 matches and are now languishing at the ninth spot in the points table.
Pandya's captaincy has been under scrutiny and he has been slammed for his timid approach and haphazard decisions throughout the tournament.
Now ahead of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians at the
Eden Gardens
on Saturday, a video is going viral where Rohit Sharma can be seen talking to KKR assistant coach
Abhishek Nayar
.
Though the noise in the video is not clear due to constant cheering by fans for Rohit in the background, he can be heard saying, "Ek ek cheez change ho raha hai...Woh unke upar hai...Jo bhi hai woh mera ghar hai bhai, woh temple jo hai na maine banwaya hai." The last audible line in the chat is "Bhai mera kya mera to ye last hai".
Though the rest of the conversation is not audible, fans were quick to react on it and speculated that Rohit was talking about the MI captaincy and some fans even alleged that KKR had deleted the video after uploading it on X.
Rohit Sharma and Abhishek Nayar go back a long way from their Mumbai domestic cricket days and are good friends. Nayar is also credited with playing a big role in Rohit's comeback into the Indian team after 2011 ODI World Cup snub.
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