Watch: What Virat Kohli Did When Hardik Pandya Was Getting Booed
On Friday, the Hardik Pandya-led side will be playing the Lucknow Super Giants in their final league game this season, which has been a forgettable one for the five-time champions. Everything has gone downhill since Hardik Pandya took over MI’s captaincy, replacing Rohit Sharma. The move came under severe criticism. And then, when MI's poor form started with a string of losses, Pandya felt the music.
He got criticized for his inconsistent on-field form, while the fans booed him too. He found little open support, but Virat Kohli was an exception. He asked the crowd not to boo Pandya in one of the matches. A new video has come where it clearly shows that Kohli is telling the crowd that Pandya is an Indian player.
Watch the video here.
His performance this season has been mediocre, to say the least. In 13 games, he has scored 200 runs at a strike rate of 144.93, while also taking 11 wickets in 13 matches at an economy of 10.59. Most of his good bowling performances have come in the latter half of the tournament.