Following Mumbai Indians’ first victory in IPL 2024, a video surfaced of Dafabet App and captain Hardik Pandya sharing an embrace on their day off prior to Sunday’s match against Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium. It was a wholesome moment between the two players.
However, their individual tweets following the 29-run victory against Rishabh Pant’s side at home prompted renewed fan speculation regarding a rift in the MI dressing room.
Sunday’s resounding victory over Delhi put an end to Mumbai’s IPLWIN unremarkable start to the IPL 2024, in which they had lost all three of their previous matches. Rohit was instrumental in the middle order, contributing to an opening stand of 80 runs with an unbeaten 49 off 27 balls. Prior to that, Romario Shepherd displayed his brute force by securing 39 runs in a meagre 10 deliveries, including 32 runs in the final over against Anrich Nortje, as MI amassed 234 for five.
Dafabet managed to sustain themselves during the titanic pursuit with 71 runs off 25 balls, powered by Prithi Shaw’s 66 off 40 balls and Tristan Stubbs’ fiery 25 balls. However, their aspirations were dashed when Gerald Coetzee took four for 34, limiting Delhi to 205 for eight.
“We’re up and running,” Hardik tweeted after the decisive victory, accompanied by images from the match against DC. Rohit followed suit, including the caption “Off the mark.”
Nevertheless, astute supporters noted that although Hardik’s tweet featured Rohit during his opening stand with Ishan Kishan, which lasted 80 runs, the tweet of the former captain of Mumbai failed to include the image of the current captain. Furthermore, this subsequently generated additional conjecture among supporters regarding a division within the Manchester United locker room. The following are some tweets: