IPL 2024:R Ashwin Wondered in Seeing Hardik Pandya Getting Defamed in India

R Ashwin Wondered in Seeing Hardik Pandya Getting Booed in India: As everyone was slamming Hardik Panya for his captaincy with Mumbai Indians, Ravichandran Ashwin was amazed by seeing that Hardik was getting booed by the people in India.

Ashwin said that fan wars shouldn’t turn this ugly.

MI skipper Hardik Pandya gets booed: R Ashwin

During the Mumbai Indians IPL opening match against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, Hardik was booed by the crowd in Ahmedabad. Hardik was also slammed by the fans on social media after the loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Ashwin was amazed by seeing this and criticized saying that it is total ‘cinema culture’. He also pointed out that legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Saurav Ganguly played under the captaincy of young cricketer MS Dhoni.

R Ashwin in his Youtube channel says that,

“Neither has any role to play in it. I think it is the responsibility and onus of the fans. Fan wars are turning so ugly. It is very sad to point where in our comments section, people talk about Kohli and Dhoni. They’re both legends. They’re Indian team legends.”

“How have you seen in any other country where Joe Root and Zak Crawley fans fighting? It’s crazy, I don’t understand. Do Steve Smith and Pat Cummins fans fight in Australia?”

“This is cricket. I repeat this, this is a complete cinema culture. But fan wars shouldn’t turn ugly. These guys are our cricketers. Why do you boo your player?”

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He also added, “Why are you pretending like this hasn’t happened before? Sachin Tendulkar has played under Ganguly, and both men played under Rahul Dravid. All of them have played under MS Dhoni as well.”

“We need to get our act together. Heroes and hero-worships are great. But you don’t need to demean a player to make the other person look good. This is something I would like to see disappear from our country.”

Finally, Ashwin is going to meet the MI captain next as RR at Mumbai on April 11.