IPL 2024 – R Ashwin defends Hardik Pandya – ‘Fan wars will have to by no means take an unpleasant flip’
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R Ashwin has pop out in sturdy toughen of Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya, blaming India’s “fan wars” and “cinema tradition” for the vehement booing Hardik has been subjected to at quite a lot of grounds this IPL season.
Hardik, who took over the Mumbai captaincy from Rohit Sharma this season, was once given a adversarial reception through the fanatics in Ahmedabad ultimate week when he confronted his former staff Gujarat Titans, whom he had ended in successive IPL finals together with the identify in 2022. The booing persisted when Hardik confronted Sunrisers Hyderabad on the Rajiv Gandhi World Stadium, as Mumbai started their marketing campaign with back-to-back defeats.
Answering a query from a viewer on his YouTube channel on whether or not Mumbai will have to factor a observation to diffuse the location, Ashwin stated that the onus lay with the fanatics, now not the staff, to “get our act in combination” and put an finish to such “unsightly” scenes.
“Other people will have to be mindful which nation those avid gamers constitute. It is our nation, ” Ashwin stated. “Fan wars will have to by no means take such an unpleasant path. I have stated it repeatedly, that is cinema tradition, that occurs simplest right here.
“I do know there are lots of such things as advertising and marketing, branding, and positioning. I do not deny it, however have you ever noticed those fights occur in some other nation? Have you ever noticed, as an example, Joe Root and Zak Crawley fanatics have a battle? Or Joe Root and Jos Buttler fanatics battle? It is loopy. Do you notice Steven Smith fanatics combating with Pat Cummins fanatics in Australia?”
Ashwin introduced up examples from the previous, when a number of Indian greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid all performed below every different’s captaincies, with minimum fuss or backlash from the fanatics.
“I do not perceive. If you do not like a participant and boo him, why will have to the membership pop out and factor a rationalization? We act like this has now not took place ahead of.
“Sourav Ganguly performed below Sachin Tendulkar and vice versa. Those two have each performed below Rahul Dravid. Those 3 have performed below Anil Kumble and they all have performed below MS Dhoni. After they have been below Dhoni, those avid gamers have been cricket jambhavans (giants). Dhoni too performed below Virat Kohli.”
Ashwin stated he believes that each one fanatics have a collective duty to “proper ourselves” ahead of blaming others, explaining that cinema cannot be in comparison without delay to sports activities.
“You understand what the problem is? All of us fortunately take a seat inside of our homes and take a look at the trash out of doors. We predict any individual else to select it up as an alternative of doing it ourselves.
“That is real-time game. Game has genuine avid gamers with genuine feelings, not anything is scripted. Hero and hero worshiping is superb, however game will have to by no means be in comparison to cinema. How we transcend that, counter it and in finding steadiness to play cricket is what that is all about.
“You’re unfastened to revel in what you prefer about your favorite avid gamers or staff, however now not at the price of striking some other participant down. That is something I might love to look disappear from the face of the earth in our nation.”
Mumbai will play their first house recreation of the season in opposition to Ashwin’s Rajasthan Royals on the Wankhede on Monday.
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