DC vs MI | Twitter explodes as Hardik Pandya loses his cool over threat of slow-over rate fine

04/27/2024

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Anger may give you a temporary adrenaline rush but it's not a healthy way to dictate a cricket game. Such was the scene in the contest between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals where Mumbai skipper Hardik Pandya lost his cool when Delhi’s Rishabh Pant was eating away too much time for his stance.

Delhi Capitals got off to a flying start thanks to Jake Fraser-McGurk and Abishek Porel, who propelled them to 92/0 by the end of the powerplay. Fraser-McGurk, in particular, showcased his batting skills with a blistering 84 off just 27 deliveries before departing in the eighth over. However, Porel couldn't maintain the momentum and fell in the 10th over with the score at 128/2. As Rishabh Pant stepped in to bat, his deliberate delay in taking his stance irked Hardik P🏅andya. The Delhi skipper's slow approach to facing Piyush Chawla in the 11th over seem🧜ed to be a tactic to disrupt Mumbai's over rate. Pandya, stationed at long-on, grew visibly frustrated and urged Chawla to alert the umpires about Pant's actions. Earlier, Rohit Sharma had also raised concerns with the umpires regarding Delhi's sluggish batting pace, foreseeing potential consequences for Mumbai's over rate.Twitterati swiftly caught wind of the incident, sparking discussions across social media platforms.

Lost his mind

Bro has completely lost his mind 😭🙏🏻
— Un-Lucky  (@Luckyytweets)

Angry now

Stubbs smashed 26 runs in Luke Woo🍃d's over. Hardik Pandya angry now 💯
— moinsha diwan ( ❤I AM WAITING FOR HER ❤) (@AsimfanNo11)

THis is bad

Hardik Pandya getting angry on MI bowlers nd this guy is future candidate for ICT captaincy!

Never seen Rohit or dhoni get𒅌ting frustrated & angry like this !
— ᴘʀᴀᴛʜᴍᴇsʜ⁴⁵ (@45Fan_Prathmesh)

Angry on fileders

Hardik Pandya angry on Fielders
— Shoby (@Cric_with_shoby)

What's going on!

Hardik Pandya standing on the boundary. Leader Rohit Sharma is setting the field.

This is a proper cinema ! 😭🔥
— Raj Kumar (@Raj1811011)

Disaster

Absolute disaster captaincy. bowling rotation in this match is so hꦗorrible. He is not able to handle the pressure of captaincy.He looks so clueless and runs out of ideas in the field.
— Abhisek 🇮🇳 (@_abhisek)

Most disastrous

Even if I try I cannot make such bad bowling changes like those of Hardik Pandya. He is most disast💫rous Captain Cricket has ever got🤬
— Harshvardhan Agarwal (@itsHVA)

Saving the team