By: Vaishali Mehta
The crowd has been charmed by the vintage elegance of Yuvraj Singh’s performance that has smashed the Pakistani bowlers in the Champions Trophy. They now wanted to be enchanted by the genius Dhoni.
It did not tale too long, for the gloom to reappear as Hardik Pandya suppressed their hopes. The Indian fans shows up the sign if hopelessness. One and half over were left and Pandya was forced upon them as they left with no option.
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Pandya had blown the gloom away by towering sixes at first three balls of the last over. Pandya may not managed to do a Dhoni , but he did announce his arrival.
“It was unbelievable the way he came out. We switched in the end, they asked whether we should send Hardik ahead of MS and everyone agreed because he can just strike the ball from ball one,” Virat Kohli said.
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“(He has) unbelievable ability so I think those three sixes and a boundary was probably a little bit of difference as well in the end,” the Indian captain said while speaking of the defining call.
Pandya might have impressed in the game, but he still remains the best wicketkeeper-batsman in the country. It’s just the blugeoning power that defined his game was replaced by a meticulously planned knock.