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Hardik Pandya warned amid row over Ritika Sajdeh’s remarks
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Former India opener Aakash Chopra has warned newly appointed Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya amid former captain Rohit Sharma’s wife Ritika Sajdeh criticized the franchise’s coach Mark Boucher after he defended the move to sack him from the leadership position of the five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions. Ritika Sajdeh took Mark Boucher head-on after his recent revelations about the switch in the captaincy of the Mumbai Indians. In a recent statement, Mark Boucher revealed the reasons behind the sacking of the Nagpur-born cricketer as the Mumbai Indians skipper and Hardik Pandya’s appointment in his place. “I think it was purely a cricketing decision. We saw the window period to get Hardik back as a player. For me it’s a transition phase. A lot of people don’t understand in India, people get quite emotional, but you know you take the emotions away from it. I think it’s just more of a cricketing decision that was made and I do think it is going to bring the best out of Rohit as a person as a pl

This article first appeared on Cricket on ClutchPoints and was syndicated with permission.

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