Pollard ‘sick and fed up’ of people criticising Hardik Pandya after MI suffers fourth loss
Pollard rated Pandya as one of the great “all-rounders” India has ever produced, and believed that fans will ‘sing praises for him’ soon.
Pollard rated Pandya as one of the great “all-rounders” India has ever produced, and believed that fans will ‘sing praises for him’ soon.
On Thursday, RCB used as many as six bowlers, with all leaking runs at 12.84 per over. Their most economical bowler Vijaykumar Vyshak bowled his three overs for 10.66 while Akash Deep was the most expensive at 15.71.
While it is still unknown if he will be fit for Sunday’s clash, the right-hander did bat in the nets and train with the others on Friday.
The Mumbai Indians right-hander underwent a sports hernia surgery in January and while he was expected to return to action at the start of IPL 2024, he had to miss the first three games after failing to get NCA’s clearance.
Pandya (30) was earlier booed in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and now in Mumbai, the home base of MI.
Mumbai Indians, who had earlier won the cash-rich competition in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019, cruised their way into their fifth IPL title on Tuesday.
Chasing 157, Rohit Sharma smashed 68 runs off 51 balls. He got generous support from Quinton de Kock (20 off 12) and Ishan Kishan (33 off 19).
Adjudged Man of the Match, Bumrah retured with astonishing figures of 4-1-14-4 to crush Delhi Capitals on Thursday in Qualifier 1 of IPL 2020.
Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya's late charge helped Mumbai Indians score 200/5 after which Delhi Capitals were torn apart by Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult.
Bumrah captured 4/14 and Boult 2/9, after half-centuries by Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, to ensure that Mumbai Indians entered their sixth final.