Hardik Pandya (L) and MS Dhoni© AFP
Legendary Indian cricket workforce batter Sunil Gavaskar was livid with Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya after he was hit for 3 consecutive sixes by MS Dhoni throughout the IPL 2024 match towards Chennai Tremendous Kings on Sunday. Hardik was the choose of the MI bowlers with two wickets however he was slammed for 20 runs by Dhoni within the closing 4 balls of the CSK innings. Gavaskar slammed Hardik for his ’odd bowling and odd captaincy’ and criticised the sort of deliveries that he produced.
”Most likely the worst sort of bowling that I’ve seen for an extended, very long time. It virtually seems like I’ve had this embrace with my hero. I’ve received a bowling sort of deliveries that he is gonna hit for sixes. One 6 is okay. The subsequent one once more a size ball when you recognize that this batter is in search of a size ball to hit. The third ball once more, a full toss on the leg facet and he is in search of it and hits it for a 6. Completely odd bowling, odd captaincy,” Gavaskar stated throughout his evaluation within the mid-innings break.
Gavaskar additionally referred to the interplay that Hardik and Dhoni had simply forward of the match. Hardik ran to Dhoni and hugged the previous India skipper in a second that has gone viral on social media.
Coming to the match, Rohit Sharma’s century went in useless as Mumbai Indians misplaced to Chennai Tremendous Kings by 20 runs. Rohit performed a superb knock however the hosts stored dropping wickets at common intervals and a powerful four-wicket haul from Matheesha Pathirana ensured the victory for CSK.
Earlier, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube slammed half-centuries whereas Dhoni offered a late flourish towards Hardik’s bowling to take CSK’s complete to 206. Because of the victory, CSK stay within the third place whereas Mumbai Indians are eighth within the competitors with simply 4 factors from six matches.
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