The Indian Premier League is without doubt one of the best T20 leagues on this planet, extra so this yr when there are 10 groups as an alternative of the common 8 attempting to vie for the elusive crown. A number of matches this season have gone down the wire which heaps a ton of stress on the gamers, which results in some not so civil exchanges throughout teammates.
Monday’s match between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad additionally noticed an incident like this when the Titans’ captain Hardik Pandya was seen visibly pissed off with teammate Mohammed Shami once they had been defending a complete of 163 runs.
Pandya got here in to bowl the thirteenth over of the innings and had an opportunity to snare SRH batter Rahul Tripathi off the final ball of the over when he tried to hit a lofted shot that went to deep third man the place Shami was standing. It appeared like he may have accomplished the catch had he ran ahead however Shami stayed the place he was and moved again a few steps to gather the ball on the bounce.
C…. @hardikpandya7 UR Only By Mistakely Making GT Captain,Not A Legend Player,Please Respect Senior AND Legend Player @MdShami11 pic.twitter.com/r2XGNFqIq8
— Vicky More(Srk Fan) (@srk_fan_vicky) April 11, 2022
A visibly enraged Pandya was seen shouting at Shami after that and the Gujarat Titans went on to lose the match by 8 wickets, their first defeat within the IPL.
The Sunrisers chased down the goal of 163 with 5 balls to spare with captain Kane Williamson top-scoring with a 57 whereas Nicholas Pooran remained not out on 34. Young Abhishek Sharma made 42 on the high of the order earlier than retiring damage.
For the Titans, Pandya and Rashid Khan took a wicket every. Earlier, captain Pandya top-scored for the Titans with a 42-ball 50 not out whereas Abhinav Manohar chipped in with 35. For SRH, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan took two wickets apiece whereas Marco Jansen and Umran Malik received one every.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
