Former India coach Ravi Shastri feels the fan backlash in the direction of Hardik Pandya may have been prevented had Mumbai Indians proven “clarity in communication” whereas saying him as captain. Shastri additionally suggested Pandya to remain calm and climate the storm with stable performances. “This is not the Indian cricket team that’s playing. This is franchise cricket. They have paid top dollar. They are the bosses. It’s their entitlement as to who they want as captain. Okay, where I think this could have been handled better was with more clarity in communication,” Shastri advised Star Sports’ ‘Cricket Live Show’.
“If you wished Hardik Pandya as captain, then say that we’re trying on the future. We wish to construct. Rohit has finished a wonderful job, as everybody is aware of, and we wish him to assist out Hardik in these subsequent three years because the group progresses.
“That communication, that clarity should have come out a little more for all this to die down. So it’s not a case of you saying, ‘No, we don’t want Rohit Sharma,’ or ‘He was treated badly,’ and all the things that are coming out in social media,” he added.
Shastri expects the tide to show as soon as Mumbai Indians begin successful. The group is at present on a three-match dropping streak. “So, my advice to Hardik would be to be calm, patient, ignore, and just focus on your game. Get a couple of performances going. Mumbai Indians is a terrific side. If they get on a roll, they win three or four matches on the trot, everything will subside,” he stated.
“At the end of the day, nothing beats results. You win matches, and things will change. There’s a lot of bull crap out there as well. You know, and some of the stories are just planted. A lot of it is just planted on other people’s names, including my name,” he added.
Former Australia batter Matthew Hayden additionally felt that followers’ affection for Rohit is comprehensible given his 11-year tenure as MI captain. “See the followers are the most important stakeholders on this they usually typically haven’t got the politics, the insights, however they wish to perceive this, they love Rohit Sharma. There’s going to be no getting round that.
“So potentially how it could have been handled little bit differently is to ensure that Rohit is on board with it…,” he stated. Hayden stated it isn’t truthful to evaluate Pandya primarily based on simply three matches.
“…There are some issues in and round Hardik’s management however I feel it is grossly unfair to take a look at the beginning of the season which is notoriously sluggish for the Mumbai Indians, and decide one of many iconic cricketers in India and can be for a very long time to return as effectively, topic to his personal health which is at all times weak being an all-rounder as he’s.
“But it’s grossly unfair to misjudge his performances so far, and the team’s performances and then speculate around what is and what isn’t happening inside that changing room which we don’t know,” he noticed. MI will subsequent play on April 7 in opposition to Delhi Capitals on the Wankhede stadium.
