New Delhi: Ever since being announced as the new skipper of IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, star Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been constantly making headlines for various reasons.
For those who don’t know, Hardik returned to his former franchise Mumbai Indians last month after leading IPL’s newest team Gujrat Titans for two good years.
Following the cricketer’s homecoming to Mumbai, the franchise made a shocking decision to sack their most successful captain Rohit Sharma, and give the helm of the team to the former GT captain.
This left many cricket fans in fumes as they went on social media and brutally trolled the franchise owners for disrespecting the Indian Captain.
While some burned the MI’s jerseys to stage their protests, others unfollowed the franchise on social media platforms, causing it to lose over 5 lakh followers within days.
When Hardik Pandya praised Chennai Super Kings
Amidst this, an old clip of Hardik praising Chennai Super Kings has reemerged on social media. In the viral video, Badodra-born cricketer can be seen stating that although he loves Mumbai Indian’s ability to scout talented players, what inspires him is the environment of the Chennai Super King’s dressing room.
Check out the video here:
Barely six months ago, Hardik Pandya shared why the CSK setup inspires him more than MI.
He will now be captaining Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024. pic.twitter.com/rT7pnueZN9
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) December 16, 2023
In the video, Hardik, while speaking about IPL’s two most successful franchises CSK & MI with Robin Uthappa, says, “There are two kinds of success you can get one is the best people possible from A to B which I feel Mumbai’s Indians had and the other is to have the best environment possible for you to win which has been a CSK type where no matters who players are they find comfort there and best out of them. That is more inspiring for me than getting the best players.
Here’s how fans are reaching to Hardik’s viral video:
He should go in politics..Double dholki..
— Mandar (@heartdoor29) December 16, 2023
shame on mi management
— Sudhanshu 🇮🇳 (@Sudhanshusj2) December 16, 2023
He prove what he said about mi
— Fav18 (@Abhishe63327156) December 16, 2023
And then it’s okay to lose Mahi bhai 🤣🤣
— AK (@rwamit) December 16, 2023
Greedy man, knew his stature in Feb 2019 itself, on that KwK show.
— Indrajit.Ghose (@IndrajitGhose6) December 16, 2023
Hardik Pandya’s remarkable journey with Gujrat Titans
Meanwhile, Hardik’s two-year-long journey with former franchise Gujrat Titans was nothing short of a dreamy affair. Under his captainship, GT flourished and went on to win the coveted IPL title in its very first season of IPL (2022) and also made it to the tournament’s finals the next year (2023) as well where Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s CSK denied them their second IPL trophy.
Following, Hardik’s departure from the franchise, young Indian batter Shubhman Gill has now replaced him as the new captain of the team.
