IND vs WI: Famend English cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle has commented on the controversy between Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma within the third match performed between India vs West Indies. The third match of the five-match sequence was performed on August 8 on the Windfall Stadium in Guyana, during which the Indian workforce defeated the West Indies by seven wickets.
India wanted solely 2 runs in 14 balls to win, then on the fourth ball of the 18th over, Hardik Pandya gave India the primary win within the sequence by hitting the wheel in his personal type. Nevertheless, the victory was interrupted when Pandya, who was batting on the non-striker’s finish on 49 on the non-striker’s finish, requested Tilak to remain put within the stump mic recording.
As a result of this habits of Captain Hardik Pandya, the followers and specialists of the cricket world acquired divided into two totally different teams. The primary group was in favor of Hardik Pandya whereas the followers of the second group had been opposing this habits of Pandya. Bhogle backed Pandya saying that “50 just isn’t a benchmark within the shortest format of the sport”. He additional added that “If a participant is fast to attain most runs, then common and strike charge are Vital“.
“I’m puzzled by the dialogue round Tilak Varma lacking out on a 50. It isn’t a landmark, actually apart from a century (which is uncommon), there aren’t any landmarks in T20 cricket. We’re far too obsessive about particular person achievement inside a workforce sport. I don’t imagine 50s needs to be recorded in particular person stats in T20 cricket. In case you have made sufficient runs shortly sufficient (avg and SR), that’s all that issues.”
India beat West Indies by seven wickets within the third T20I Match
India firstly gained the sequence by defeating West Indies by a margin of seven wickets. West Indies scored 159 runs for 5 wickets whereas batting first. India responded by scoring 164 runs for 3 wickets in 17.5 overs to win the sport. Tilak Verma scored an unbeatable 49, and Suryakumar Yadav scored 83 to win the workforce.
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