Mumbai Indians batting coach Kieron Pollard has urged not to label Hardik Pandya as “bad” after the defeat against Chennai Super Kings. that’s why Pollard said that he has been watching Pandya develop from a different perspective and backed him to change things.
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Actually, in IPL 2024, the chair of former MI captain Rohit Sharma has been given to Hardik Pandya this season, after which people are saying that Hardik Pandya is responsible for the continuous negative performance of MI, in defense of which Pollard said that he Sick and fed up of people blaming Hardik.
After this, he further said “He (Pandya) is a confident person. He has been very good in the group. In cricket you have good days as well as bad days. “I see a person who is working hard to continue to hone his skills and run his business.”
England captain Kevin Pietersen claimed the MI captain was ‘smiling too much’
The match saw intermittent booing of Pandya, who was struggling with both bat and ball, and was also criticized by former England captain Kevin Pietersen, who claimed the MI captain was ‘smiling too much’.
West Indian player said “This is a guy who is going to represent the country in less than six weeks. We will all be cheering for him and want him to do well,”
Kieron Pollard Recounter Statement in support of Hardik
He said, “As an individual, you also have to evolve. When you’re young and have that youthful enthusiasm, you go out and do things a certain way. But as you grow up, sometimes responsibility comes, accountability towards teams comes,”
“What I see is a guy who is evolving. Obviously, we personally want to see certain things, but sometimes the game doesn’t demand certain things.”
Additionally Pollard said:
Pollard said that Mumbai Indians will reconsider their plans on Dhoni, but he also said that anyone could have been the victim of the attack by the former CSK captain.
Apart from this he said, “Yes, he hit three sixes, 20 runs, some runs in the last over, but anyone could have given 20 runs in the last over also. MS has been world class for years. We love to see him roaming around in the stadium, on the cricket field. We are all amazed by what he has achieved.
“The scoreline (20 runs), that’s the difference. But cricket is more than what we see at the end. For us, it’s deeper than that. We’re going to analyze and we’ve done that before throughout the tournament,”
In the last moment Pollard said:
Pollard said. “We have done our homework and tried to come back better as a team,”
“MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya… you have the plan as to how you want to bowl to them, and you go back and see whether it was executed or not,”
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