The incident took place in the final over of the innings when Gerald Coetzee was bowling. Hardik asked Rohit to go back to the boundary. The way Hardik said upset the fans.
Ahmedabad: With all eyes on Hardik Panya and Rohit Sharma on Sunday evening when Mumbai Indians took on Gujarat Titans in an IPL 2024 game, the two MI stars just could not hide. While there were instances when we saw Hardik taking advice from the former MI skipper, there was once instance that did not go down well with fans. The incident took place in the final over of the innings when Gerald Coetzee was bowling. Hardik asked Rohit to go back to the boundary. The way Hardik said upset the fans. Here is the video that is now going viral.
Usually I like hardik but this one mari worst ra 👎🏻 pic.twitter.com/o2BGcfot7d
— Likhit MSDian (@LIKHITRTF) March 24, 2024
There has been a lot of speculations over Rohit once he stepped down as captain of MI. Hardik Pandya, who led the Titans to the finals over the past two seasons, was appointed the new captain of MI and speculations were that all is not good between the two star cricketers.
MI Full Squad: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd, Hardik Pandya (c), Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma.
At the time of filing the copy, Mumbai Indians were 52 for two in six overs. Rohit Sharma and Dewald Brevis are in the middle.