The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has cleared the air on allegations of taking motion in opposition to followers who booed or taunted Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya throughout the IPL 2024 match in opposition to Rajasthan Royals at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday, April 1. Earlier, a report from Lokmat Times steered that the MCA would improve safety and intently monitor the group throughout the match. It was said that people caught jeering or mocking Hardik Pandya can be escorted out of the stadium.
“There are rumours that MCA has instructed security against people who support Rohit or boo Hardik, this is incorrect and baseless rumours, no instructions have been given”. MCA said. (MS Dhoni To SKIP Playing DC Vs CSK IPL 2024 Clash? Chennai Super Kings’ Pic On Twitter Causes Confusion Among Fans)
Since taking up the captaincy of MI instead of Rohit Sharma, Hardik has been dealing with on-line trolls and even boos within the stadiums wherever Mumbai have performed their IPL video games to this point.
Indian veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin slammed followers for going too far within the “fan war” between Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya and the franchise’s former five-time IPL-winning skipper Rohit Sharma.
Hardik Pandya moved to MI, a franchise that made him a star simply final yr. This got here after spending two nice years with the Gujarat Titans, a brand new franchise, throughout which he received them the title as a captain in its debut season again in 2022 and led them to the finals the subsequent yr. On his return to MI, he additionally changed Rohit as its skipper. While head coach Mark Boucher has clarified that the transfer is supposed to assist Rohit play with extra freedom following some underwhelming seasons with the bat, many followers have expressed that MI and Pandya have betrayed Rohit.
Ahead of the IPL season and whereas it is occurring, followers of each gamers have engaged in on-line abuse in opposition to one another’s most popular gamers. It has escalated to reside motion as properly, with Pandya getting booed and abused throughout his facet’s matches each on-line and on the sphere. (Mayank Yadav’s Success Story: ‘Watching Pacers Break Helmets Inspired Me To Become A Fast Bowler’)
In his YouTube channel, Ashwin mentioned that each the franchise and the participant don’t have any position to play on this fan-war and the onus is on the followers to behave responsibly. He questioned if there have been any cases of fan wars between gamers’ fanbases overseas and opined that the fan wars have gotten ugly.
“Neither has any role to play. Neither the franchise nor the player has a role to play in this at all. I think the responsibility and the onus lie on the fans,” Ashwin mentioned on his YouTube channel.
“Have you seen this happen in any other country? Have you seen Joe Root and Zak Crawley fans fight? Or have you seen Joe Root and Jos Buttler fans fight? It’s crazy. Have you seen Steve Smith and Pat Cummins fans fight in Australia? I have said this many times. This is cricket. This is a cinema culture. I know there are things like marketing, positioning and branding. I do not deny it. I do not believe in all this on my side but it is not wrong to indulge either. Fan wars should never go down this ugly route. One should remember which country these players represent–our country. So then what warrants a cricketer getting booed?” Ashwin added.
He questioned why a crew ought to include a clarification a few participant and a captaincy saga when legendary cricketers like Saurav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble and MS Dhoni, and many others. have performed below children or one another’s captaincy. through the years.
“I do not understand. If you don’t like a player and boo a player, why should a team come out to issue a clarification? We act like this has not happened before. (Sourav) Ganguly played under Sachin (Tendulkar) and vice versa. These two have both played under Rahul Dravid’s captaincy. These three have played under Anil Kumble and all of them have played under Dhoni. When they were under Dhoni, these players were cricket jambhavans (giants). Dhoni too played under Virat,” he mentioned.
Ashwin mentioned that the followers have to get their act collectively and revel in their favorite gamers with out placing the opposite participant down.
“We need to get our act together. You know what the problem is? We are all happy to sit in our houses, look outside and have someone else to pick up the trash. We do not want to bother doing it ourselves. We should correct ourselves first. This is real-time sports. Real-time sports have real-time emotions. How we go beyond that, counter it and find a balance to play cricket is what this is all about,” mentioned Ashwin.
“A real sport can never be compared to cinema. Heroes and hero-worships are great. I am all for it. Enjoy what you like about your favourites but not at the cost of putting another player down. This is one thing I would love to see disappear from the face of the earth in our country,” Ashwin concluded.
Meanwhile, MI have began their season with two losses in two video games in opposition to the Gujarat Titans (GT) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). Their subsequent match is in opposition to Rajasthan Royals (RR) of their house area of Wankhede Stadium on April 1
