Hardik Pandya Getting Booed Is Unprecedented, Says Official

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Hardik Pandya has been facing heat from the crowd in the ongoing Indian Premier League. He was ‘booed’ recently in Mumbai, and the toss presenter, Sanjay Manjrekar had to come out in support of the Mumbai Indians captain and asked the Wankhede crowd to “behave”.

However, the fans continued to heckle Pandya in the match. Several former cricketers found it “rude” and urged the fans to respect the cricketer.

The Delhi & District Cricket Association president Rohan Jaitley said, “See, there is a decision yet to be taken (in this regard) because till date in the last three years, I haven’t seen a situation where we’ve seen spectators or individuals — seeing the game — misbehave or be ill-mannered or chances of booing etc. towards a participating team or players or individuals. It’s not something that we’ve experienced. It is not something that obviously we encourage. But if the need arises and if we do see a situation of this sort, then obviously an appropriate decision will be taken at that point in time.”

The Arun Jaitley stadium will host the game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals on April 20.