Dancing to the tune of the crowd

Crowds have expectations from players.

When Rishab Pant comes to the crease, the crowd expects him to go hammer and tongs from the word go. When Cheteshwar Pujara comes to the crease, the expectation is to stay there for a long time.

This also means there is a certain pressure to get carried away. Rishab Pant or Virender Sehwag want to give the crowd what they came for a goes for a big one and loses his wicket.

We see this often - getting carried away by what the crowd wants instead of focussing on the task at hand.

This happens outside the cricket field as well.

Yes, the crowd expects you to act in a certain way because of their expectation.

Or you need to do something out of character to fit in.

What if the crowd is against you for some reason?

There is a difference is playing for the crowd and playing to the crowd.

It's your choice.