Team India had a disastrous outing with the bat against Pakistan in the 19th game of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2024.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bowl first at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. The venue has been grabbing the limelight for its tough batting conditions and India had their task cut out against Pakistan's formidable pace lineup.
However, the Men in Blue failed to live up to the expectations as India were all out for a modest total of 119 runs. India were off to a disastrous start as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were dismissed inside the first three overs. Naseem Shah dismissed Kohli for just 4 runs in the second over before Shaheen Afridi sent back Rohit for 13 runs in the next over to reduce India to 19 for 2.
Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel then steadied the ship with a 39-run stand before the latter was dismissed by Naseem. It was followed by a 31-run stand between Pant and Suryakumar Yadav. Haris Rauf broke the stand by dismissing Suryakumar Yadav for 7 and it triggered a collapse.
India lost wickets in a heap and found themselves reeling at 96 for 7 from 89 for 3. Hardik Pandya was the last recognised batter on the crease and the onus was on him to guide the team to a competitive total. However, the all-rounder found it tough to get going with the bat as well.
It took him 8 deliveries to open his account before he finally departed for 7 runs. And as the allrounder failed to do well with the bat, the fans were quick to take shots at him. As soon as he was dismissed by Haris Rauf in the 18th over, the fans took to Twitter to slam him for his failure.
Here are some of the reactions to Hardik Pandya's failure with the bat:
Pls declare Hardik pandya - the most overrated player of India. Whichever team he play for, only get weaker with his inclusion.
— CRaCkEr 🇮🇳 (@NaranGadhvi24) June 9, 2024
Someone tell this wanna be captain cool Hardik that you can't perform under the table everytime... sometimes it takes the cricket pitch. pic.twitter.com/kArlP8n5HN
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) June 9, 2024
Hardik Pandhya -
— Jod Insane (@jod_insane) June 9, 2024
Troll Him Here Troll Him Here Too pic.twitter.com/uaOLgy4kIc
"Hardik Pandya failed again "
— KODNACH (@KODNACH) June 9, 2024
"So what yaar, others were playing well, let him be"
"Pandya failed again"
"So what, so did everyone else"
"Pandya failed again"
"Wife left him"
"Pandya failed again"
".always smethng some excuse. "#PakvsInd #INDvsPAK #wct20 #t20USA #fail #fml
Hardik Pandya ka team mai kya roll hai, koi batayega.
— Deepak Singh Tomar (Modi Ka Pariwar) (@tomargreat) June 9, 2024
Na to isne batting hi karni hai, bowling ki to baat hi kya kare.#INDvsPAK
Trust me bro Hardik Pandya is clutch player🤡 pic.twitter.com/Jh7k4lZ5yk
— 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐢𝐢⁴⁵ (@rushiii_12) June 9, 2024
Hardik Pandya, when will you perform? 💔💔💔#tapmad #HojaoADFree #T20WorldCup #INDvsPAK pic.twitter.com/K0iuNA1rCL
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) June 9, 2024
Embarrassing knock from Hardik Pandya- 7 (12), most of those runs came from outside edge, Arshdeep was the aggressor in partnership with him. Just acknowledge the mistake and bring Rinku in
— Gappistan Radio (@whyteknight07) June 9, 2024
Why Hardik Pandya giving maximum strike to Arshdeep Singh?
— Vishal. (@SPORTYVISHAL) June 9, 2024
Why Pandya took single where double is available and put Arshdeep on strike for next over?
Can't understand, what's happening!
Talking about the game, Pakistan have made a cautious start with the bat. At the time of writing this report, they were on 21 for no loss at the end of the fourth over.
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