Hardik Pandya, who took India After the England openers came out all guns blazing in their run chase during the T20 semi-final match, the Adelaide crowd tried to get behind their team for a respectable score of 168, courtesy of their blistering 63. World Cup on Thursday. As Jos Buttler and Alex Hales got off to a good start in the powerplay, ruthlessly thrashing every Indian bowler, Pandya tried to charm the crowd.
The incident happened on the last ball of the sixth over bowled by Axar Patel. England were cruising on 59/0 at the time. Realizing that the match was quickly slipping out of their grip, Pandya felt that India needed some support from the crowd which was silenced by a brilliant opener from Butler and Hales.
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In a drastic turn of events, Butler once again briefly silences the cheering crowd once again for a boundary to the character.
Pandya’s thoughtful gesture to gain back the confidence and confidence in the crowd was trolled on social media.
Pandya hyped the crowd and Buttler hit a four off the next ball. XD pic.twitter.com/IzImanF31R
— hamid (@hamidch_786) 10 November 2022
Pandya pumps up the crowd.
Butler scored 4 off the next ball and the crowd fell silent again.— asg (@ahadfooty) 10 November 2022
Pandya tries to stretch the crowd and Buttler is hitting a boundary on the next ball
Crowd: pic.twitter.com/HlVULcENaY
— O (@FarziGhalib) 10 November 2022
Pandya hyped the crowd and Buttler stunned them with a four off the next ball. XD pic.twitter.com/7jw8E2E2aG
— Jaun M Ali Raza (@ijounaliraza) 10 November 2022
Pandya clapping to cheer up the crowd.
England: Hits the boundary and the crowd goes silent again.
Heartfelt: pic.twitter.com/8SNclWMen1— Asad Bajwa (@oyebajwey) 10 November 2022
Worst moment of the World Cup: Heating up the crowd then Buttler hits a boundary at mid-on to calm them down
Sad reaction for Pandya pic.twitter.com/8NXsevM1xM— UmEr_hayat@iT (@iT_Engineerr) 10 November 2022
Following India’s disappointing departure from the T20 World Cup, Pandya took to his Instagram to thank the support staff, team and loyal cricket fans who supported him throughout the tournament.
“Destroyed, hurt, hurt. Hard to take, for all of us. For our teammates, I’ve enjoyed the bond we formed – we fought for each other every step of the way. To our support staff for their endless Thank you for the dedication and months of hard work. To our fans who supported us everywhere, we are forever grateful. It didn’t have to be, but we will reflect and keep fighting.
England’s unbeaten openers Butler (80*) and Hales (86*) shared a record 170-run partnership to thrash India by 10 wickets in the second semi-final match at the Adelaide Oval.
England will take on Pakistan in the big final at the MCG next Sunday.
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