WATCH: Hardik Pandya shouts at Shikhar Dhawan for his poor throw in 3rd ODI

Dixit Bhargav | 28/01/2019
Hardik Pandya shouts at Shikhar Dhawan

Hardik Pandya shouts at Shikhar Dhawan: The Indian all-rounder was highly unimpressed with the opening batsman’s effort.

During the third ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, India all-rounder Hardik Pandya expressed his unhappiness at opening batsman after his poor throw aided the opposition to run an extra run.

It all happened on the second delivery of the 14th over when New Zealand middle-order batsman Ross Taylor mis-timed a pull off Pandya towards the deep midwicket region. Dhawan, who was fielding at deep square leg, ran around from his position to fetch the ball and throw it back.

Because the batsmen were not aiming to run an extra run, Dhawan could have passed the ball at either of the two ends. In an effort to do something uncalled for, Dhawan ended up throwing the ball right in the middle of the pitch without even looking at it.

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The throw was so misdirected that India vice-captain Rohit Sharma, who was backing up at the bowler’s end, had no chance whatsoever to stop Dhawan’s throw. As a result, it went past him and the batsmen ran another run.

Given the howler which Dhawan had made, Pandya ended up shouting “Come on!” from the non-striker’s end, something which any other bowler would have also said to the fielder for conceding an unnecessary run.

At the toss in the morning, India included Pandya in Vijay Shankar’s place. The 25-year old all-rounder created an impact on the field by taking a stunner to dismiss New Zealand captain Kane Williamson.

Watch the full video below:

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Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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