'He deserved it' - Twitter disappointed as Hardik Pandya misses Player of the Match award despite half-century, four-for
Rishabh Pant was adjudged Player of the Match for his match-winning century.
Team India completed an excellent series victory over England after winning the third and final ODI match on July 17 (Sunday). Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant was simply amazing with the bat as the left-handed batter completed a stunning century and was adjudged Player of the Match for his vital contribution with the bat.
However, it was not only Pant who contributed to India’s victory as star allrounder Hardik Pandya shone with both bat and ball. Pandya first took four crucial wickets for the Men in Blue as England were restricted to 259. Coming to bat, Pandya stroked an excellent 71 runs before getting out, but left India in a comfortable position to win the match
Netizens express their disappointment after Pandya not being named as player of the match
Despite performing with both bat and ball, Pandya was not named as player of the match as the award was given to Pant, which did not go down well with some of the Indian fans. Pandya was not named as Player of the Match, but the star all-rounder did receive the Player of the Series award for his vital contributions throughout the series.
Pandya finished as the second-highest run-getter in the ODI series, stroking 100 runs in three matches at an average of 50. He also scalped six wickets in three outings at an average of 16.71 and finished as the third-highest wicket-taker in the three-match series.
Talking about his innings during the third ODI, India were in huge trouble after losing four wickets for just 72, but Pandya along with Pant stitched a valuable partnership as the Men in Blue made a strong comeback. The right-handed batter took just 55 balls to reach 71 runs and also stroked 10 boundaries. In bowling, Pandya scalped some crucial wickets of Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, and Liam Livingstone to leave the home in a troublesome situation.
Meanwhile here are some Twitter reactions:
Hardik Pandya unlucky not to be man of the match, 4 crucial wickets and powered away with a SR of 129 with the bat leaving India a run rate of under 4 in the final overs was a brilliant all-round performance. #INDvENG
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) July 18, 2022
Hardik Pandya deserves Man of the Match actually
— A D K (@adk_3553) July 18, 2022
Absolutely hardik Pandya man of the match deserve karta tha
— MD TAJ QAISER (@QaiserTaj) July 18, 2022
if you dunno about cricket just hush. You dunno the meaning of Man of the match i think 😂😂😂 man of the match is given for the one match and not for the series.. for that we have man of the series. He played sensibly and beautifully with Hardik. And got his 1st century as wel
— phoenix_sg (@psy_tsg) July 18, 2022
Welldon team india win the last ODI 5wiket hardik and pant 133 run partnership just 115 ball hero of match pant man of the match hardik is man of the series
— bikramoli (@bikramo90520526) July 18, 2022
Why wasn't Hardik Pandya man of the match for the wonderful all round performance….
— Nitish #WFH (@KishoreNitish) July 17, 2022
Hardik Pandya is the real man of the match 4 wickets 70+ runs
Had it not been for his 4 wickets, he would have crossed 350.
INDAI WIN PAR MAZZA NHI AYA VIRAT SIR— ravijamwal (@ravijamwal86) July 17, 2022
Hardik pandya deserved man of the match
— Always viratiyan (@bten37321) July 17, 2022
Indeed.! I agree..! I disagree on man of the match award.! It belonged to Hardik. Irrespective someone had their 1st century in ODI, but the match is clinched by some one else though right..! Real man of the match player is #HardikPandya . Trust me, i ain't a fan of him.
— Iakarsh (@Iakarsh1) July 17, 2022
Hardik ko es series me ek bhi man of the match nahi… Direct man of the series…
— Jatin Solanki (@Jatinjalu7777) July 17, 2022
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