Watch: “I will quit my job if Hardik Pandya makes 50” a unique hoarding seen during the match gets fans buzzing


Watch: “I will quit my job if Hardik Pandya makes 50” a unique hoarding seen during the match gets fans buzzing

Hardik Pandya

Today the 21st match of IPL 2022 is being played between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Navi Mumbai. Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Gujarat scored 162 runs, in which team captain Pandya played a fine half-century. He was joined by young batsman Abhinav Manohar, who contributed 35 runs off 21 balls but during the match a spectator saw a strange hoarding, after which the spectator got trolled on social media.

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A spectator present on the field put a challenge in front of Hardik Pandya and also made a big promise. The fan wrote on the hoarding that, ‘If Hardik makes 50, I will quit the job.’ Surprisingly, Hardik Pandya completed his fifty on the fifth ball of the last over of Gujarat’s innings. Hardik Pandya has scored the slowest fifty of his IPL career. Hardik Pandya completed this fifty in 42 balls. Earlier in the year 2018, against Royal Challengers Bangalore, he had scored a fifty in 41 balls. Hardik has hit 4 fours and a six during his half-century innings.

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Hardik Pandya was released by Mumbai Indians before IPL 2022 but the new IPL franchise Gujarat made him the captain of their team. Been working on his fitness for the last several months. Pandya’s performance this season has been excellent. In the first four matches he has played so far, he has shown excellence in batting, bowling and captaincy. 

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He has scored 141 runs while batting, while in bowling he has taken two wickets and led Gujarat Titans under captaincy to win all matches for the team. Hardik lost his 1st match against SRH in IPL 2022 after three match winning streak.

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