New Delhi: Star Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah opened up on the Hardik Pandya controversy after he replaced Rohit Sharma as the captain of the Mumbai Indians (MI) during the IPL 2024.
Fans didn’t like the decision and the all-rounder faced heavy trolling across the country. He was booed by the fans across all the stadiums during the MI matches. The home fans at the Wankhede Stadium also trolled and booed him.
Pandya also struggled to perform during the IPL 2024 as he only managed to score 216 runs at an average of 18 and took only 11 wickets at an economy of 10.75 in 14 matches.
Under his leadership, his franchise only won 4 matches and finished 10th in the IPL points table. Speaking to Indian Express Adda, Jasprit Bumrah said that the players understand that the fans get emotional.
“Sometimes we understand, we live in a country where emotion is the talking point. We understand fans gets emotional. Players are emotional. It does affect that you are an Indian player, but your fans are not speaking well,” Bumrah said.
‘It’s a part of sportsman journey’: Jasprit Bumrah
The speedster said that sometimes it’s not easy for players but your inner circle and family will always be there to help and the narrative also changed when Team India won the World Cup.
“But you have to take it on your chin. It’s not that simple. They are screaming. You can hear it. But then your inner circle helps. We as a team were with him, talking to him. His family will always be there. That narrative also changed when we won the World Cup,” he added.
He also said that players cannot take it seriously because we play a sport and every sportsman has to go through all this.
“You cannot take it seriously. Now that people are singing praises, it is not the be all or end all. When we lose a game, the narrative can change again. Because we play a sport so popular, every sportsman will go through all this. The best players in the world face all these things. It’s a part of a sportsman’s journey. We live a great life. We have good things in our sport” Bumrah said.
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