It took more than a decade-and-a-half for the Indian Premier League to have its first pure football moment — a controversial player transfer and unflattering social media commentary surrounding it.
Back in December, Hardik Pandya’s move back to his former club Mumbai Indians (MI) after two remarkably successful years as Gujarat Titans (GT) leader sent ripples in the Indian cricketing circles.
For the 30-year-old to then be anointed skipper at MI ahead of Rohit Sharma — captain for a decade and winner of five IPL titles — did not go down well with the Mumbai faithful.
