It was Chris Morris who had the last laugh in the banter with Hardik Pandya.
Hardik Pandya and Chris Morris were involved in an animated conversation during the IPL 2020 match between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday (October 28).
Both the cricketers were later reprimanded for breaching Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Code of Conduct. They have admitted to the Level 1 offence 2.20 and 2.5 of the IPL’s Code of Conduct respectively.
"Chris Morris, the Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder, has been reprimanded for breaching the Indian Premier League's (IPL) Code of Conduct during his team's match against Mumbai Indians at Abu Dhabi," IPL said in an official release.
"Hardik Pandya, the Mumbai Indians all-rounder, has been reprimanded for breaching the IPL's Code of Conduct during his team's match against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Abu Dhabi." it added.
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When Morris came on to bowl the 19th over of MI's innings, Hardik hit him for a six off the fourth delivery. After the big hit, the MI batsman made gestures towards the bowler, suggesting him to go and collect the ball.
Funnily, on the next delivery, Hardik was caught at the extra cover region by Mohammed Siraj. Pandya had a smile on his face when Morris came to give a reply to his gesture.
Morris pointed out his finger towards MI's dressing room after taking his wicket.
MI won the match by 5 wickets with five deliveries left in the match. The Man of the Match was Suryakumar Yadav for his unbeaten 79 runs off 49 deliveries.