They may be mates off the field but Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) all-rounder, Krunal Pandya’s send-off to his Mumbai Indians (MI) counterpart, Kieron Pollard on Sunday night’s IPL 2022 clash was met with mixed reactions. Chasing 169 put up on the scoreboard by Lucknow Super Giants thanks to a consecutive IPL ton by skipper KL Rahul, Mumbai Indians were out of the race before the last over the match when they needed 39 to win in 6.
Kieron Pollard, facing the first delivery of the final over, tried to hammer Krunal over the ropes but ended up getting dismissed as Deepak Hooda took a comfortable catch. As disappointed Pollard began walking back to the dugout, an ecstatic Krunal jumped on Pollard before planting his former Mumbai Indians teammate a kiss on the head. A lot of fans on Twitter questioned Krunal’s actions while praising Pollard for his composure.
Here is the video of the incident:
#Krunalpandya loving the out of #Pollard
You would love 💕 it 😉😉#MIvsLSG #LSGvMI #IPL2022 #RohitSharma𓃵 #Mumbaiindians pic.twitter.com/sY2SCsEnMy
— DaebakAnkita💃 (@DaebakankitaF) April 24, 2022
Kieron Pollard and Krunal Pandya are awesome companions off the field; their fellowship bloomed at Mumbai Indians itself where Pandya played till the year before.
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Talking about his send-off, Krunal Pandya said, “I was so thankful that I got his (Pollard) wicket otherwise he would have eaten my brain throughout my life because he got me out and now that it’s 1-1 at least he will speak less. Honesty is important in the team and these guys (coaching staff) are doing pretty well and ensuring everyone is getting better. For me process is important and we want to accept our mistakes and learn from it.”
Meanwhile, Krunal Pandya also praised his skipper KL Rahul who crushed his second IPL century this season. The man is in the quest for RRs Jos Buttler who is as of now beating the run graphs.
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He further added, “It was a terrific knock, leading from the front and got us to a respectable total, so all credit goes to him (KL Rahul). I had no idea about how the wicket was going. When we batted, KL was mentioning that the wicket was stopping a bit so we tried to bowl slower and ball that hard length for the new batters.”
In the interim, fans were simply not content with Krunal Pandya and ensured that they hammered him for his ridiculous response. Here is how the fans reacted:
All good between Pollard & Krunal!
Both of them were sitting on the ground and chatting for a long time…#IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/8t5RqcD9zl
— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) April 24, 2022
https://twitter.com/LloydMathias/status/1518292565853843456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/mithra_d/status/1518292095043514369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Suddenly Krunal Pandya forgot that his Ex-team is on an 8 game losing streak
Pollard should’ve done a Will Smith slap on his face with that bat 🤣😂💥#MIvsLSG #LSG#MumbaiIndians #Krunalpandya pic.twitter.com/zmzVry4b3J
— Alex Winson (@Alex_WinsOn14) April 24, 2022
https://twitter.com/Sufiyaan_Zafi/status/1518294246465318912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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