IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya Booed by Mumbai Indians Fans; What are Former England and Australia Players Saying?

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Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya has been vehemently ridiculed by people in the ongoing IPL 2024.

The Indian all-rounder was booed off by people at all three matches and was abused, and destroyed on social media. Hardik's constant and wrongful retribution by the people has been criticised by former players and pundits.

Although Indian cricketers getting abused on social media is not a first-time incident, players getting booed at the stadium is a never-before-seen act. Former England captain Michael Vaughan was awestruck to see Hardik getting booed by the people across stadiums. He understood Pandya being jeered at the Narendra Modi Stadium given his ties with Gujarat Titans, but the way the Wankhede crowd acted with their own captain baffled Vaughan.

Michael Vaughan finds it Staggering

"I have never heard them boo, and certainly never heard them boo one of their own. And I get it when he played for Mumbai at the Gujarat Titans. He's left them, and he was the captain the previous two years. So I kind of get that in that kind of pantomime. But that continued to Hyderabad and got booed by the Orange Army to then at the Wankhede, where he is the local boy playing for the Mumbai Indians and is getting booed by that crowd at the Wankhede. I'm just staggered by it. I've never, ever seen it in India," former England captain Michael Vaughan said at the Club Prairie Fire podcast.

Gilchrist empathize with Hardik Pandya

On the other hand, former Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist could empathize with Hardik as he himself was booed twice in Australia and promised to help Hardik Pandya. Gilchrist revealed that he was booed on his ODI debut as the crowd opposed the decision to drop Ian Healy, the player whom Gilchrist replaced. The southpaw was booed another time when he switched to Western Australia in domestic cricket.

"I know what it feels like. I will get on to Hardik and I will get him through. I'm the boo whisperer. I know how to get inside their minds and get them through. I don't have Hardik's number for Hardik but if I can get on to him, I will get him on and we can get inside his mind and help him through," Gilchrist added.