A furious Hardik Pandya gave Ashwani Kumar an earful during the ongoing match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
The incident took place in the 11th over when Ashwani was introduced into the attack. At the end of the 10th over, Punjab Kings were on 89/1 in pursuit of 185 runs in the must-win clash. With Punjab in a strong position, Mumbai Indians were in desperate need of a wicket, and captain Hardik Pandya decided to give the responsibility to Ashwani Kumar
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However, the left-arm pacer could not live up to the expectation, and Hardik Pandya was not at all impressed with it. On the first ball of the over, he gave away a single before Josh Inglis hit him for a four on the next delivery. It was a low full-toss and the Australia star reverse scooped it over short third man for a four.
The next ball from the pacer was a pitched-up delivery outside the off stump. The ball was there to be hit, and Inglis duly obliged. With no fielder at long-off, Inglis drilled the ball down the ground for the second four of the over.
As soon as Inglis hit the four, Hardik Pandya appeared visibly frustrated at Ashwani for not sticking to the fielding plan. The Mumbai Indians skipper was seen saying something to the pacer angrily.
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Ashwani then conceded another four on the next delivery and eventually finished his first over by giving away 16 runs. Talking about the ongoing game, Punjab Kings were on 157/2 in the 16th over at the time of writing this report.
Josh Inglis and captain Shreyas Iyer were batting in the middle for Punjab. Inglis was batting on 64 while Iyer was on 8. Earlier in the innings, Priyansh Arya also played an important knock of 62 runs before being dismissed by Mitchell Santner in the 15th over.
Earlier in the game, Mumbai Indians finished their innings on 184/7 with Suryakumar Yadav scoring 57 runs.
