While the public sentiment in Ahmedabad could be understood, Pandya faced similar booing during his team’s second outing against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
The Chennai spinner, who currently plies his trade for the Rajasthan Royals franchise, said when he was first picked for the league, his only focus was to learn from international cricketers who were his teammates at various franchises.
India's talismanic spinner Ravichandran Ashwin became the third Indian bowler to claim more than 700 wickets in international cricket on Wednesday (local time).
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At stumps, Travis Head (39) and Marnus Labuschagne (16) were at the crease for the visitors after India got an early break through when Jadeja had Opener Usman Khawaja (6) caught by S. Iyer
At lunch on Saturday, the Proteas scoreline read 136/6, having Faf du Plessis and Senuran Muthusamy batting on 52 and 6 respectively, at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium. The visitors still trail by 465 runs.
After setting a target of 395 runs for South Africa in the fourth innings, India managed to bundle out Proteas for 191 runs.
Ashwin, who picked up his 26th five-wicket haul on Friday, scalped the remaining two wickets to end with figures of 7/145. Ravindra Jadeja picked two wickets while Ishant Sharma contributed with one.
Quinton de Kock came in and started counter-attacking the Indian spinners. The duo of Elgar and de Kock even went past the previous stand and added 164 runs for the sixth wicket.
According to Gavaskar, the 33-year-old has been a victim of comparisons whenever the Indian team plays in overseas conditions.
