Mumbai Indians (MI) batsman Hardik Pandya lauded his elder brother Krunal Pandya after his performance against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) on Thursday. MI won the match by 48 runs and the Pandya brothers played a part in it.
Hardik scored unbeaten 30 off just 11 deliveries and Krunal was brilliant with the ball; conceding just 27 runs in 4 overs and picking up a wicket. After the match, Hardik asked his brother how he managed to bowl yorkers like Pakistan great Wasim Akram.
"We are seeing this new thing coming. Where is this Wasim Akram coming in and bowling yorkers?", Hardik asked Krunal. To which, he replied, "These days the batting skill has gone so, so up and the way the wickets are.. you have to find your own way to make doesn't go after you. Sometimes, you have to do all this. At the end of the day, if you execute your plans, you are going to be happy."
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Krunal added that he took the challenge to bring MI back in the game with his performance. "When I came in the 4th over, they were going really well. I was just thinking one thing that I should be bowling according to the field. I was very determined as well. Today, I was determined, I took it as a challenge, they were going well and thought 'If I bowl good here, we are again back in the game'."
Hardik and Kieron Pollard (47*) scored 25 runs in the last over of Krishnappa Gowtham. Pandya was delighted to see spinner bowling the last over.
"It was simple. I kind of kind felt that the number of times Pollard and I have done this is fantastic. I have always enjoyed that part. When we went, it was a clear message, for me, it was a clear message to go hard and get to a total that the Kings XI Punjab find it difficult. We didn't aim for 192 but the big man did it again. Very proud of the way we both batted," Hardik said.
"It (the last over) was very intense, it was more like mouthwatering that the off-spinner is bowling the 20th over. I missed two balls but Pollard made the most of it."
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