Bat patka, saw disgrace… After the defeat, Hardik Pandya’s condition remained like this, seeing the heart will break – Hardik Pandya after the defeat vs lsg threw his bat looked distraught
Ahsan Raza
New Delhi: Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya became hero with five wickets in the first bowling against Lucknow Supergiants, but by the end of the match, he became the biggest villain of his team. Mumbai Indians lost by 12 runs in the 16th match of the Indian Premier League at Ekana Cricket Stadium against Lucknow. This was the third defeat of Mumbai’s four matches this season. Somewhat Hardik Pandya’s decision may be held responsible for the defeat against Lucknow. Hardik retired Tilak Verma on the last ball of the 19th over of the innings and sent it back. After this, in the final over, he called Mitchell Santner, but the two together could not win the team. Hardik Pandya looked very disappointed after this close defeat to Mumbai. Hardik to Hardik’s defeat so much that he slammed his bat in a bad condition. Hardik looked completely withered by this crushing defeat.
22 runs to win in final over
In the match against Lucknow Supergiants, Mumbai Indians needed 22 runs to win in the final over. When Hardik Pandya put six on the first ball, he felt that he would take out the match, but the bowling of Lucknow again tightened his grip and tied Hardik completely. In such a situation, Mumbai was able to score only 3 runs on the remaining ball of the over. In this way he suffered a defeat by 12 runs.
Talking about the match, the Mumbai team called Lucknow for batting first after winning the toss. Mitchell Marsh made a bang for Lucknow. Marsh and Aiden Markram played a half -century innings for the team, making Lucknow scored 203 runs in the 20 -over game. In response, Mumbai team could only score 191 runs for 5 wickets.