Gujarat Titans are currently fourth on the table with four wins and two defeats with a Net Run Rate of +0.212. On the other hand, Mumbai Indians are currently seventh on the IPL 2023 points table with three wins and as many defeats.
Case in point, the defending champions, Gujarat Titans are locking horns with the five-time IPL champions, Mumbai Indians in the 35th game of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League.
Meanwhile, the game is currently being held at the world’s largest cricket stadium, Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Talking about the game, Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl.
The defending champions got off to a sloppy start as they lost Wriddhiman Saha for just 4 runs as he fell prey to Arjun Tendulkar’s bowling in the first ball of the third over of the game.
Hardik Pandya gets dismissed for 13 off 14 balls
Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya once again had a bad day at the office as he departed for a cheap score against Mumbai Indians. The GT skipper came out to bat at No.3 and surprised all of us.
However, he was unable to show intent with the bat as he fell prey to Piyush Chawla’s bowling in the first ball of the seventh over of Gujarat Titans’ innings. Chawla bowled a flighted delivery outside off.
Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya made up his mind to target the delivery but it backfired him as Suryakumar Yadav took a good catch at long-off.
Gujarat Titans’ playing XI: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma
Mumbai Indians’ playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Arjun Tendulkar, Riley Meredith, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff
Why even he's batting at no.3?
They have benched Sai sudarshan 🤨Advertisement— Aryan1.exe (@aryan_ye_he) April 25, 2023
Tough day at office for Indian T20 > captain Hardik Pandya hard luck in batting @mipaltan @gujarat_titans @IPL
— Arvind Raghava (@ArvindRaghava5) April 25, 2023
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Pandya's game has drastically downgraded after being the captain of Ind team in the T20Is.
Advertisement— movieman (@movieman777) April 25, 2023
Hardik really overutilise himself after getting captaincy, why to come to No.3…. 🤣
— DK (@CricCrazyDK) April 25, 2023
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Hardik shouldn't bat this high up, he is not a team player at all. He always tries to make everything about himself 🤦
Advertisement— Rachit (@ViratNation_) April 25, 2023
He is no way a no. 3 batsman. He over utilized himself in batting for GT.
— NG (@Ngoswami99) April 25, 2023
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