Hardik had played an inning of 39* runs in 45 balls against South Africa.
The second match of the ongoing T20 series between South Africa and India (SA vs IND) was played on Sunday, November 10. Let us tell you that former Pakistani cricketer Basit Ali has been seen strongly criticizing the performance of all-rounder Hardik Pandya in this match. Basit says whether he has come here to prepare for Mumbai Indians.
Let us tell you that when India’s score was 45/4 in the match, Hardik came to the crease to bat. However, Hardik, who was set at the crease after scoring 33 runs in 35 balls, could not give the finishing touch to Team India’s innings.
Hardik did not take single runs on the last 10 balls played and during this he was able to score only 4 runs. In the match, he played an inning of 39 runs in 45 balls and India scored 124 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Which was later easily achieved by South Africa with 3 wickets in hand.
Basit Ali criticized Hardik Pandya’s performance
After the second T20 match between South Africa vs India, Basit Ali said through a video uploaded on his YouTube channel – Pandya remained unbeaten, he played for himself, why did he play for himself? I think he is preparing for Mumbai Indians and IPL. The way he was playing presented a very sad picture. He was not even taking a single, whereas Arshdeep (Singh) had hit a six.
Basit further said – India had not fallen for 9 wickets, that it was refusing to take singles. Only six wickets had fallen. He should have taken a single, but he is a big player and is India’s favourite. Akshar (Patel) batted better than him, who unfortunately got run out after scoring 27 runs in 21 balls.