{"id":21749,"date":"2024-05-18T09:24:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T03:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=439653"},"modified":"2024-05-18T09:29:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T03:59:10","slug":"ipl-2024-mi-coach-mark-boucher-admits-off-field-issues-affected-hardik-pandyas-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2024-mi-coach-mark-boucher-admits-off-field-issues-affected-hardik-pandyas-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2024: MI coach Mark Boucher admits off-field issues affected Hardik Pandya\u2019s performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach Mark Boucher believes the change in captaincy from Rohit Sharma to Hardik Pandya impacted the team\u2019s performance in IPL 2024. This season, MI finished in tenth place, winning only four out of 14 games.<\/p>\n<p>The season concluded with an 18-run loss to Lucknow Super Giants on Friday. Rohit Sharma started the match on the bench and came on as an impact player during the chase. Despite this, the crowd at Wankhede Stadium cheered for him and chanted his name when Hardik came on to bowl.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last game at \ud83c\udfe0 & Paltan's support at the Wankhede stadium \ud83d\udc99\u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Hw4hmGWoh\">https:\/\/t.co\/6Hw4hmGWoh<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Tune in to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MIDaily?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MIDaily<\/a> now, streaming on our website and MI App! \ud83c\udfcf<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MumbaiMeriJaan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MumbaiMeriJaan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MumbaiIndians?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MumbaiIndians<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UISAktt3yv\">pic.twitter.com\/UISAktt3yv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mipaltan\/status\/1791672548251271325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rohit entertained the crowd with a 38-ball 68, and his dismissal was met with applause. However, when Hardik walked out to bat, he was booed by the crowd. This reaction has been a constant since Hardik was traded from Gujarat Titans, where he led the team to a title and a runners-up finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t great hearing all the boos,\u201d Boucher said. \u201cI felt sorry for Hardik. It\u2019s never nice to go through something like that. We need to address certain things, but now is not the right time. Everyone is disappointed and emotional, so no good decision will be made immediately. We need to evaluate what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boucher acknowledged the team\u2019s poor performance this season and expressed hope that the management would make some good decisions for the next season. \u201cWe need improvement, whether on the field or off the field,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have great heads in the management team, and we will find a way to make it better for the players to produce the cricket we know they can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He admitted that various factors affected the team, and they need to address these issues to move forward. \u201cThere were a lot of moving parts this season, which wasn\u2019t great. Certain things affected individuals and ultimately the team. We need to address these and make good calls to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Solid fight, Naman \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>Not the way we wanted to end the season.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MumbaiMeriJaan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MumbaiMeriJaan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MumbaiIndians?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MumbaiIndians<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MIvLSG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MIvLSG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bJZQhSifVs\">pic.twitter.com\/bJZQhSifVs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mipaltan\/status\/1791542152499023874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hardik Pandya replaced Rohit Sharma as captain before the season. Hardik finished the IPL 2024 with 216 runs in 13 innings at an average of 18.00 and a strike rate of 143.04. With the ball, he took 11 wickets in 12 innings at an economy rate of 10.75.<\/p>\n<p>Evaluating Hardik\u2019s performance, Boucher admitted that off-field issues might have \u201cclouded\u201d his on-field performances. \u201cIf Hardik was here, he\u2019d be disappointed in his performances,\u201d Boucher said. \u201cAs a captain, he had some good games, but a lot of stuff going on around him might have clouded his thoughts, which is tough for him as a leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boucher praised Hardik\u2019s resilience, saying, \u201cHe had a lot of support within our dressing room. It\u2019s tough to go through as a player, and there\u2019s a lot of sympathy for what he\u2019s experiencing. It\u2019s a learning curve for Hardik as he grows in leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the tough times, Boucher remains optimistic about Hardik\u2019s future as a leader. \u201cA couple of things will pass and make him a tougher leader. He will grow in the role. I still think there are fantastic things coming from Hardik Pandya as a leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the team looks to regroup and prepare for the next season, the focus will be on addressing the off-field issues and ensuring that the players can perform to their full potential. The management and the players are determined to learn from this season\u2019s experiences and come back stronger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach Mark Boucher believes the change in captaincy from Rohit Sharma to Hardik Pandya impacted the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[143,3720,1049,805],"class_list":["post-21749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-hardik-pandya","tag-ipl-2024","tag-mark-boucher","tag-mi"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}