An Indian cricket star has been booed by his personal crew's followers in stadiums throughout the nation, together with his dwelling floor. Mumbai Indians captain, Hardik Pandya, was confronted by booing crowds at matches in Mumbai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad the place the crew suffered a hat-trick of defeats.

Pandya, 30, has changed India's captain Rohit Sharma on the helm of Mumbai Indians for this 12 months's Indian Premier League (IPL). Under Sharma's tenure captaining Mumbai Indians, Pandya was a part of 4 title-winning campaigns.

Mumbai's transfer seems to have taken followers without warning, with some believing Sharma was pushed from the captaincy, in response to the BBC.

The boos seem like the followers' means of expressing their emotions to Pandya, who's Mumbai Indians' fifth captain because the crew fashioned in 2008. Pandya obtained a hostile reception from followers eventually week's match towards Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad.

He was later met with a frosty reception by followers at Mumbai Indians' match towards Sunrisers Hyderabad. Fans jeered Pandya in the course of the toss at a house sport towards Rajasthan Royals on Monday (April 1).

Commentator Sanjay Manjrekar urged the followers to "behave", however the booing continued when Pandya did not make a catch.

Rajasthan Royals' bowling allrounder Ravichandran Ashwin blamed fan wars for the booing, telling viewers of his YouTube channel: "Fan wars should never take such an ugly route."

The Times of India reported on Wednesday (April 3) remarks made by former India batsman, Manoj Tiwary.

He is quoted by the publication as saying it's "pretty big" to interchange a captain who gained 5 titles to see the identical crew fail to win a single sport underneath a brand new captain. On the probabilities of Sharma re-taking the helm, Manoj mentioned: "It can happen."

Earlier final month, all-rounder Pandya declared himself match to bowl within the IPL, which started on March 22. It was hailed on the time as a lift for Mumbai in addition to India forward of the T20 World Cup in June.

Pandya had been out of motion since October resulting from an ankle harm throughout a 50-overs World Cup match in Pune.