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Ever since Hardik Pandya has been made the captain of Mumbai Indians, from the stadium to social media platforms…wherever you look, the displeasure of cricket fans is being seen. Wherever Hardik Pandya goes, fans are commenting on this. He is being trolled a lot on social media. In such a situation, what will be the condition of Hardik Pandya? It is worth considering the impact that constant anger from fans can have on a player. After all, how to handle this situation and how to come out of it can be a big question for Hardik Pandya at the moment. But Australian cricketer and part of the commentary panel in IPL, Steve Smith has advised Hardik to avoid all this.
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Australian batsman Steve Smith believes Hardik Pandya needs to ignore the criticism and crowd abuse he has faced due to Mumbai's performance so far in the Indian Premier League 2024 season. Ever since Mumbai captaincy was snatched away from Rohit Sharma and handed over to Hardik, Hardik has been facing a lot of criticism. His criticism increased when Mumbai lost its first two matches against Gujarat and Hyderabad.
Speaking on ESPN Cricinfo's Toom Out Show, Steve Smith gave some advice to Hardik Pandya for the rest of the IPL season and urged him not to pay attention to the exit noise. Smith said that such things do not make any sense and no one outside knows what you are doing and no one outside is in that change room. He further said whether it would have any impact on him (Hardik), it could be possible. He would not have had such an experience before in any area of life. So I think it's natural that despite being a star player, some fans are criticizing you. This is definitely something he has never experienced.
Stating here that Smith was called a cheater by the fans during the 2019 ODI World Cup in England, he said that all the abuse will be shocking for Hardik as he is facing the same from the Indian fans at home. Smith, who resigned from the captaincy of Rajasthan Royals in 2018 after the ball tampering scandal, said that personally I am not bothered by it. I do not care. I don't pay any attention to it. He said you know it's all rubbish noise but of course players hear things and everyone is entitled to their feelings and how they react to it.