The star SRH spinner, Rashid Khan and Hardik Pandya were involved in an amusing conversation on Twitter after the latter’s starring role for Mumbai Indians on Wednesday. Hardik impressed with both bat and ball as Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 37 runs to register their second win in four games of IPL 2019. The all-rounder, who has been in terrific form with his bat shined with his bowling as well.
Mumbai was reeling at 125/3 with just two overs remaining when Pandya came out to bat. At that stage, Mumbai will only manage to reach somewhere around 150. But after their quota of 20 overs, Mumbai Indians had raced away to 170/5. Hardik played a crucial role in powering Mumbai to such a total as he slammed 25 off just 8 balls including three sixes. One of those three sixes came off the helicopter shot as he dispatched Dwayne Bravo’s yorker in the final over in MS Dhoni style and landed in the top stand of Wankhede Stadium.
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Hardik then performed in the second innings as well as he got the wickets of MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja in same over to derail Chennai Super Kings’ chase. He eventually finished with impressive figures of 3/20 before walking away with the Man of the Match gong for his all-round display.
After the game, he took to Twitter to express his delight over his performance and the win, writing: ” A night to remember 🔥 Amazing support at the Wankhede 👏 Let’s keep it going @mipaltan 👊💙”.
A night to remember 🔥 Amazing support at the Wankhede 👏 Let's keep it going @mipaltan 👊💙 pic.twitter.com/ucjNsgbXUa
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) April 3, 2019
This is when Rashid replied to Hardik. Rashid, who himself has played some helicopter shots successfully in recent times, praised Hardik’s shot, writing: “Helicopter 🚁 👌👌👌👌”.
Helicopter 🚁 👌👌👌👌
— Rashid Khan (@rashidkhan_19) April 4, 2019
After receiving the award, Hardik said that he was happy to contribute before highlighting the recent troubles due to injuries and controversies.
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Pandya explained, “It’s been seven months since I played much competitive cricket. Have batted a lot in the nets. I am someone who loves to have game time and I am hitting them really well at the moment. Yes, the injury happened and then the controversy too. These seven months weren’t easy and I wasn’t sure of what to do. This award is special and I dedicate it to all those who stood by me during those tough times. My goal is to keep performing and hopefully, help India win the World Cup.”
