
Emotions are running high at the India vs Pakistan match and cricket fans celebrated Hardik Pandya’s three 4s in an over response to Haris Rauf.
It started when Kishan was dismissed for 82 by Rauf, and the Pakistani bowler, who couldn't contain his emotions, gave quite a send-off to Kishan. He pointed his finger at Kishan and said something to him. This happened in the 36th over of the match.
Pandya, who was batting at the other end, smashed three boundaries, each more spectacular than the last in the 40th over, thrashing Rauf to all parts of the field.
Netizens took no time to celebrate the ‘Pandya’ moment as they started posting comments and posts on how Hardik humbled Rauf.
"36th over: Haris Rauf gave quite an ugly send-off to Ishan Kishan after dismissing him. 40th over: Hardik Pandya smashed 3 boundaries, thrashing Rauf to all parts of the field," a user wrote. Another one commented, "Haris Rauf did this after getting Ishan Kishan's wicket and Hardik Pandya owned him in the next over #INDvsPAK."
"Flattened the ball and Rauf with that whack," a user wrote. "Hardik Pandya, those boundaries are crunchier than a papad. Eat that 7-run per over run machine," a fourth user wrote.
Meanwhile, Ishan Kishan has equalled MS Dhoni's feat of hitting four consecutive ODI fifties. Kishan achieved this feat when he scored 53 off 62 balls against Pakistan in the Asia Cup Group A match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Saturday. This was his fourth consecutive fifty in ODIs. However, he was holed out by Rauf for 82 off 81 deliveries.
Shaheen Afridi finally picked Hardik Pandya after he scored excellent 87-run innings. Afridi also took Ravindra Jadeja's wicket on the penultimate delivery of the over. India has lost 8 wickets for 261 runs.
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