Today’s match was played between Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Mohali in Punjab. For the first time in IPL 2018, the captain had decided to do batting first after winning the toss. Yes, Ashwin had won the toss for his team and he decided to bat first.
KXIP played a very good innings and made a decent and whopping 193 runs. Chris Gayle scored 104 runs out of only 63 ball deliveries. His total runs contained 11 sixes and 8 fours.
The total could have been reached by the SRH team very easily, but it also ended up in ultimately Hyderabad team losing match by 15 runs. Everyone in the team is right for blaming Manish Pandey for his selfish knock which costed them their match.
Manish scored highest runs i.e. 57 for Sunrisers Hyderabad but he took only 42 balls to do so. He played really very slow which is why SRH lost the match. It didn’t look like he was religiously and passionately playing for making his own team win.
Here’s how Twitter is trolling him completely left, right and centre –
https://twitter.com/imBmodi7/status/987028208141783050
https://twitter.com/ganeshss_r/status/987028470059413504
https://twitter.com/1998kesana/status/987029205543276544
Miracles only happen if you try for them , Manish Pandey has played for his runs!
— Yuvraj Keswani (@mufc_ydk24) April 19, 2018
Reason for us to lose is Manish Pandey not having intent to hit big shots. I felt he was more inclined on ones and twos but should have taken few risks. May be Hooda staying there for few overs would have made a difference
— vandan (@tulsivandan) April 19, 2018
Em miracle ayya .Y Manish palying wast of 11cr for SRH. Y Jordan played today is the unlucky player. Please keep both of them rest for remaining game's
— manda srujan (@manda_srujan) April 19, 2018
Not with that pandey on the pitch. Hes not the kind of T20 player that wee needed.
— haneef (@haneefhan) April 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/topoprovo/status/987035453097328640
Manish Pandey ko batao Bhai test match nae h… Selfish play from him today
— abhishek masand (@abhishekmasand) April 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/brainfadesmith/status/987029386242048000
https://twitter.com/YashR06/status/987030223404355586
Do you really agree with it being a selfish knock?
