IPL 2024: Robin Uthappa concerned about MI skipper Hardik Pandya, says 'You don't think it hurts him?'

Cricket experts, beryllium it erstwhile Indian pacer Irfan Pathan oregon legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, each person criticized Pandya for taking incorrect decisions connected the field.

However, helium received the enactment of erstwhile Indian cricket squad subordinate Robin Uthappa, who was a subordinate of the 2007 T20 World Cup winning team.

Speaking astir Pandya's ordeal connected The Ranveer Show, Uthappa said, "He is simply a feline who has got the calibre and imaginable to beryllium an all-time large for Indian team. He was fto spell by the squad which discovered him, helium went to different franchise. After winning 3-4 titles with them, helium left. He indispensable person felt a small bad; that volition beryllium there. He went to GT, won a rubric and finished runners-up successful another. Then the speech began."

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"The mocking, trolling, the memes astir his fitness. You don't deliberation it hurts him? It hurts him. It hurts immoderate quality being. How galore radical really cognize the world of it? Hardik is dealing with intelligence wellness issues, for sure. We, arsenic people, I understand, arsenic Indians, we are emotional. But it is not close to enforce this benignant of attraction connected immoderate quality being. It is unbecoming arsenic a nine for america to bash that to idiosyncratic and beryllium good with it. We should not beryllium laughing on with it. We should not beryllium forwarding these memes."

Uthappa supported India's finest all-rounder and said Pandya is close successful securing his career.

"It's our job, yes it's passionateness too, but it's what puts the nutrient connected the array for me. My occupation is connected show for you to criticise. A firm person's occupation is not connected tv to criticise, oregon person an sentiment astir either. When that is the case, you person to workout a definite magnitude of empathy and dignity to the different idiosyncratic to let them to fail. One of the astir beauteous things we did arsenic a state is our look to love, and our absorption to our Indian squad aft we mislaid the World Cup. That's however we should beryllium arsenic a society, and arsenic Indians," said Uthappa.

MI successful IPL 2024:

According to details, nether Pandya's captaincy MH person played 7 matches and won conscionable three. They are astatine seventh spot successful the IPL points table, with a NRR of -0.133.

MI volition play with Rajasthan Royals connected 22 April successful Jaipur.

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Published: 20 Apr 2024, 07:32 PM IST