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Shocked fans criticize Irfan Pathan after targeting Hardik Pandya for India’s defeat in second T20 match

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In the second T20 match of the current five-match series, Team India had to face a crushing defeat against South Africa. After winning the first match of the series by 101 runs earlier this week, the Men in Blue failed to maintain the winning momentum and suffered a 51-run defeat in the second game as South Africa equalised.

South Africa, who were all out for just 74 runs in the first T20 match, batted first and made a challenging score of 213/4 in the allotted 20 overs. Quinton de Kock batted brilliantly for the Proteas and scored 90 runs with the help of 5 fours and 7 sixes in just 46 balls.

Players like Aiden Markram, Donovan Ferreira and David Miller also played important roles in taking their team to big scores.

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In reply, India looked to be in no position to chase a big target and were all out for only 162 runs. They lost the wickets of both the openers – Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma – as well as captain Suryakumar Yadav inside the powerplay and could not recover.

Tilak Verma fought single-handedly for the hosts but his efforts were not enough to take the team to victory. The left-handed batsman scored 62 runs off 34 balls and was the only Indian batsman to reach the 30-run mark. For South Africa. Otniel Bartman impressed with the ball, taking 4 wickets, while Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansson and Lutho Sipamla took 2 wickets each.

Irfan Pathan took a dig at Hardik Pandya:

Immediately after the end of the second T20 match between India and South Africa, former cricketer turned commentator Irfan Pathan took a dig at Hardik Pandya. The India all-rounder had a player of the match performance in the first T20I, but could not repeat his heroics in the second match.

Hardik Pandya failed to impress with both bat and ball in the match. With the ball, he gave away 34 runs without taking any wicket in 3 overs before being dismissed after scoring 20 runs off 23 balls.

As for Hardik Pandya not performing well, Irfan Pathan said on He also pointed out that Hardik Pandya failed to perform well because he did not move his feet on a difficult pitch, writing:

“It’s amazing how the game works. Just a day earlier, on a different pitch, Hardik was looking solid. But on a surface that offered something for the bowlers, his stand-and-deliver style was not working, because when the pitch lacks pace or bounce, you have to move your feet.”

Fans criticize Irfan Pathan for targeting Hardik Pandya:

This is not the first time that Irfan Pathan has taken a dig at Hardik Pandya. Earlier too, the former Indian all-rounder never shied away from targeting Pandya. And as soon as Pathan posted his latest message for Pandya, many fans were quick to slam him. Here are some of those responses.

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