Many veterans have raised questions on Hardik Pandya's captaincy in IPL 2024 and now in this episode, former RCB player AB de Villiers has also given his opinion on Pandya's captaincy.

Mumbai Indians has become the first team to be out of the playoff race in IPL 2024. Mumbai had removed Rohit Sharma and made Hardik Pandya the new captain for this season, but under Pandya's captaincy, far from winning the trophy, the team yearned to win one match at a time. Throughout this season, Pandya has had to face trolling due to his captaincy and poor performance of the team.

Many veterans seemed unhappy with his captaincy and now former Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman AB de Villiers has also blamed Mumbai's poor performance on Pandya's captaincy. De Villiers believes that the reason for MI's poor performance could be Pandya's captaincy and along with this he has also said that he sees arrogance in Pandya's captaincy.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, he said, “Hardik Pandya's captaincy style is very brave. It's ego-driven in a way. I don't think the way he conducts himself on the field is always genuine, but he has decided that this is his style of captaincy. Almost like MS (Dhoni). Calm, collective, always with your chest open. But when you play with a lot of experienced players, people who have been around for a long time, they don't agree with it. He worked in GT, where there was a youth team. Sometimes, inexperienced players like to follow that kind of lead.”

Speaking further, de Villiers said, “I remember Graeme Smith. He was there for the team. As a young man all I had to do was follow. Now in the team there is one Rohit (Sharma), one (Jasprit) Bumrah. All they'll say is, 'We just need you to stay calm. Tell us about how we can win the match. We don't need to boast. I am not following Hardik. I like watching him play. I liked her exposing her breasts because I was like that. I believed that as a batsman, sometimes you have to fake it to make it.”