Hardik Pandya booed at Wankhede Stadium: Sanjay Manjrekar tells Mumbai crowd to ‘behave’ during IPL 2024 toss

Hardik Pandya Booed: Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya was booed by the fans at Wankhede as soon as his name was called out before the toss which led to Sanjay Manjrekar, who was conducting the toss, to call for the crowd to ‘behave.’

“MI captain Hardik Pandya. Big round of applause, ladies and gentlemen. Behave,” Manjrekar said as the fans booed the captain in something that has become a regular occurrence in this season of the Indian Premier League. There were loud chants for the former skipper Rohit Sharma as well.

“It’s quite exciting to be a part of this game. We always look forward to the future, need to follow the process. Looking forward to playing a brand of cricket everyone enjoys,” Pandya, who on the surface looked confident, said after losing the toss.

🚨 Toss 🚨@rajasthanroyals win the toss and elect to bowl against @mipaltan #TATAIPL | #MIvRR pic.twitter.com/pziDfHNIci

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 1, 2024

“I’ve never seen that before, a captain being booed at the toss. There’s no doubt about the kind of player he is. There’s also no doubt about the kind of leader he is, two finals at GT in two years,” Eoin Morgan said in the pre-match show.

Mumbai boasts one of the fiercest, most vocal cricket fans in the country, a fact that becomes clearer each time there’s a match at the country’s financial capital.

Hardik has already been booed at two venues in Mumbai first two games of IPL 2024. He bore the brunt of the Gujarat Titans’ fans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, which was expected since Hardik had left the franchise to move back to Mumbai after leading them to the title in the first season.

However, Hardik also got stick from fans in the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Get latest updates on IPL 2024 from IPL Points Table to Teams, Schedule, Most Runs and Most Wickets along with live score updates for all matches. Also get Sports news and more cricket updates.

Disclaimer: The copyright of this article belongs to the original author. Reposting this article is solely for the purpose of information dissemination and does not constitute any investment advice. If there is any infringement, please contact us immediately. We will make corrections or deletions as necessary. Thank you.