Even after being torn aside, Hardik Pandya equals Rohit Sharma's mammoth listing in IPL

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Hardik Pandya’s begin to existence as the brand new Mumbai Indians captain could be going dangerous however there used to be a good that got here out remaining evening all through their 31-run loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad. Pandya changed into handiest the 3rd batsman for MI remaining evening after former captain Rohit Sharma and all-rounder Kieron Pollard to have smacked 100 or extra sixes for the 5-time champions.

Whilst most of the issues performed through Hardik Pandya remaining evening on the Rajiv Gandhi stadium had been questionable he used to be nonetheless ready to reach any such uncommon listing. It’s unknown whether or not he’ll feel free or now not with that however something is bound, the Mumbai Indians enthusiasts aren’t all loving their franchise as a lot beneath the all-rounder’s captaincy.

Hardik Pandya used to be closely trolled through enthusiasts all through his seek advice from to the Narendra Modi stadium for MI’s IPL 2024 opening fit towards Gujarat Titans. And remaining evening’s tragic loss has added additional rigidity amongst enthusiasts and has made issues worse for Pandya who’s on the right track to have an excessively lengthy season as captain if the season is going on like this.

Hardik Pandya says his younger bowling line-up will be informed from the loss towards SRH

Those that overlooked out at the high-scoring affair between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians, overlooked out at the wet fours and sixes in addition to the record-breaking evening. Hardik Pandya and co. joined an notorious listing of being one of the most groups to have conceded probably the most sixes in an innings all through SRH’s carnage within the 1st innings.

MI’s bowling line-up consisting of Jasprit Bumrah, Gerald Coetzee, Kwena Maphaka, and Hardik Pandya amongst others conceded a complete of 18 sixes. Travis Head smacked 3 sixes, Abhishek Sharma struck an excellent 7, Aiden Markram settled down for simply 1 whilst Heinrich Klaasen emulated Abhishek’s tally of seven sixes.

It used to be a tailormade pitch for batting and the SRH batters made complete use of it. However questions must (were) raised concerning the tactical pondering of Hardik Pandya for his deficient control of the bowlers. He underused frontline pacer Jasprit Bumrah within the first 10 overs which robotically discarded all of the possibilities of claiming breakthroughs when the opposing batters had been red-hot.

Bumrah used to be allowed to bowl just one over within the powerplay and by the point he returned for his 2d over, SRH had been already at 180. In order that used to be a horrible choice from Hardik Pandya who claimed after the fit that MI’s bowling line-up excluding for him, Bumrah and Piyush Chawla, are reasonably green. The all-rounder additionally said that they might have performed a couple of issues in a different way right here and there however since they have got some new bowlers, the group is sure to be informed from the loss.

“Virtually 500 runs had been scored and the wicket used to be serving to the batters, we will have performed a couple of issues right here and there, however having mentioned that, now we have a tender bowling assault and we can be informed.” – Pandya had mentioned after the loss to SRH.

Best 5 listing of maximum Six scorers for MI in IPL historical past

Rank	Batsman	Country	Suits Performed	Runs	Sixes
1.	Kieron Pollard	West Indies	189	3412	223
2.	Rohit Sharma	India	200	5110	210
3.	Hardik Pandya	India	94	1511	100
4.	Ishan Kishan	India	77	2039	94
5.	Suryakumar Yadav	India	85	2641	91