IPL 2024: Robin Uthappa concerned about MI skipper Hardik Pandya, says 'You don't think it hurts him?'

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The Ranveer Show, Uthappa said, "He is a guy who has got the calibre and potential to be an all-time great for Indian team. He was let go by the team which discovered him, he went to another franchise. After winning 3-4 titles with them, he left.

He must have felt a little bad; that will be there. He went to GT, won a title and finished runners-up in another. Then the conversation began." ALSO READ: T20 World Cup | BCCI meeting over Hardik Pandya’s selection; here’s what Rohit, Dravid, Agarkar decided: Report "The mocking, trolling, the memes about his fitness.

You don't think it hurts him? It hurts him. It hurts any human being. How many people actually know the reality of it? Hardik is dealing with mental health issues, for sure.

We, as people, I understand, as Indians, we are emotional. But it is not right to impose this kind of treatment on any human being. It is unbecoming as a society for us to do that to someone and be okay with it.

We should not be laughing along with it. We should not be forwarding these memes." Uthappa supported India's finest all-rounder and said Pandya is right in securing his career. "It's our job, yes it's passion too, but it's what puts the food on the table for me.

My job is on display for you to criticise. A corporate person's job is not on television to criticise, or have an opinion about either. When that is the case, you have to exercise a certain amount of empathy and dignity to the other person to allow them to fail.

One of the most beautiful things we did as a country is our expression to love, and our reaction to our Indian team after we lost the World Cup. That's how we should be as a society, and as Indians," said Uthappa. According to details, under Pandya's captaincy MH have