Former Australian cricket staff wicket-keeper batter Adam Gilchrist believes that the response of the group in the direction of Hardik Pandya throughout IPL 2024 exhibits the recognition and help that Rohit Sharma instructions among the many supporters. Hardik ended Rohit’s ten-year tenure as Mumbai Indians skipper after finishing a sensational commerce from Gujarat Titans. However, beneath his management, MI have misplaced all three of their video games in IPL 2024 and Hardik was even booed by the group throughout the matches. Gilchrist identified that Hardik’s transfer to MI happened in a ‘mysterious method’ and the response of the followers in the direction of the MI skipper truly exhibits their ‘tribalism and depth’.

“It shows you the status that Rohit Sharma has in the game there. The mysterious manner with which it all played out initially, the pace with which it happened, everyone was stunned with Mumbai getting Hardik Pandya away from Gujarat and then Rohit relinquishing captaincy. It’s an odd one. But this is the nature of the beast in the IPL. The tribalism and intensity within fan bases. It’s hard to replicate anywhere else with that level of intensity,” Gilchrist stated on Club Prairie Fire podcast.

Gilchrist additionally recalled an occasion the place he was booed by Australian followers at dwelling. He succeeded the famend wicket-keeper Ian Healy within the Australia Test squad again in 1999 and the response from the followers was not nice when he made his ODI debut.

“I got hammered on to the field. And all the way off. So I know what (Hardik) feels like, I will just get on to Hardik, and I will get him through…I am the boo whisperer, I know how to get inside their minds and just get them through. I will get on to Hardik, I have sent that message to MS, I will keep you posted on that and I will get him on and we can get inside his mind and help him, dig out of the trouble they are in.”