IPL 2024: Was Hardik really a bad captain? Gavaskar replied

• Mumbai Indians had a very bad season this year
  
• Many questions are being raised on Hardik Pandya's captaincy.
  
• Hardik scored only 216 runs in 14 matches in IPL 2024.
  

This year's season was very bad for five-time IPL winner Mumbai Indians. The team is at the bottom of the points table. Because of this many questions are being raised on the captaincy of Hardik Pandya. From veteran cricketers to Mumbai Indians fans are also criticizing Pandya. Now Sunil Gavaskar has also talked about this and given the reason behind it.

What did Sunil Gavaskar say?

Sunil Gavaskar said that Hardik did not have a good start and the negative comments had an impact on him. He said that if Hardik had scored runs or taken some wickets in the first match, the story would have been different.

Mumbai did not have a good start. I think there was a lot of negativity around his appointment as the captain of the Mumbai team and no matter how strong a person you are, it will affect you. Everyone is human. “Nobody likes to hear critical comments about themselves and I think it has definitely affected Hardik.”

How was Hardik's performance?

In IPL 2024, Hardik scored only 216 runs in 14 matches and his best score was 46. His average was 18 and strike rate was 143.05. In bowling, he took 11 wickets but his average was 35.18 and economy rate was 10.75.

Mumbai Indians are at the last position in the points table for the second time.

In IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians played 14 matches and lost 10 matches and won only four matches. With this, Mumbai is at the last position in the points table this season. Mumbai Indians had a similar situation in IPL 2022 also. Still, he lost 10 out of 14 matches and won four. The only difference is the net run rate. Mumbai Indians' net run rate in IPL 2024 was -0.318, while their net run rate in IPL 2022 was -0.506.