Rohit Sharma Fans TROLL Hardik Pandya Over Fake Hug to End MI Captaincy Rift Rumours Ahead of IPL 2024
Mumbai: Amid all the speculations that things are not absolutely fine between Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya after the former was removed as the captain, Mumbai Indians franchise tried to mend things. A video clip was released where Hardik can be seen walking upto Rohit and hugging him. While it seemed speculations will stop, instead, it has increased. Some fans, who took a closer look at the clip, reckon the act was orchestrated. A fan went on to claim that Rohit initially wanted a handshake and hence he put his hand out, but Hardik went for the hug instead.
Here are some of the reactions that followed the stunt from MI:
You can clearly see in the first pic rohit tried to shake the hands with hardik but Cheap hardik pandya hugged him.
This hug can’t give you respect @hardikpandya7 pic.twitter.com/IJKjZTFl4a
— ᴘʀᴀᴛʜᴍᴇsʜ⁴⁵ (@45Fan_Prathmesh) March 20, 2024
Same energy pic.twitter.com/TfZc0Mip75
— isHaHaHa (@hajarkagalwa) March 20, 2024
Same vibes. pic.twitter.com/fmN3pVrCka
— A∂ιтуα (@Adii_7x) March 20, 2024
Look at mark Boucher, guy is so awkward that he can’t even look at Rohit. They know they have done dirty to him.
— ANSHUMAN (@AvengerReturns) March 20, 2024
chapri trying hard to escape from Rohit fans, this is not the hug anyway a completely agenda video. bro went from back as he has to hug him at any cost with nice camera setup
— (@RofiedAyush) March 20, 2024
Being the most successful franchises in the history of the league, pressure will be on Hardik to deliver. He has shown that he can be a natural leader when he led Gujarat Titans to the title in their IPL debut. And then, in the following year, they nearly defended their title successfully.
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.