Is this a problem...!?
hardik pandya furious with umpire..!?
One thing the opposition did in the first ODI against
australia made the old
hardik pandya look angry again. The 3 ODI series between
india and
australia started today. The first match was held at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. In this, the
indian team bowled first according to the toss. Full-time skipper
rohit sharma has opted out of the first match only as he is away for his cousin's wedding. The captaincy came to
hardik Pandya.
Hardik Pandya, who has performed well in
t20 cricket, took over as the 50-over captain for the first time today. Pandya has always been clear that his teammates should not feel any pressure and give them what they need at the right time. But today he brought out his old anger for that very thing. Mohammad Siraj, who took the wicket at the start of the game, came into the 6th over with the same pace.
As he ran in to bowl in good faith, he was stopped by the opposition captain, Steve Smith. He walked off the pitch saying there was something wrong with the side screen. Then came back after a few seconds. This is usually something that all batsmen can do. But Pandya's anger was due to what happened after this.
Hardik Pandya came to bowl the next over. As Pandya runs in to bowl the 3rd ball, this time Mitchell Marsh blocks it. Infuriated by this,
hardik pandya spoke to the umpire as if this is psychologically damaging to a bowler when he is running confidently. He aggressively spoke to the umpire, asking him to fix the problem as soon as possible. After this, Pandya gave some reaction to Mitchell Marsh and the video about it spreading fast on the internet. Despite testing the
indian bowlers,
australia could not perform well with the bat. After losing successive wickets, they scored only 188 runs in 35.4 overs and were all out.