Watch: Hardik Pandya’s flying kiss to his girlfriend after 16-ball fifty in IND vs SA 5th T20I goes viral
Hardik Pandya, the Indian pace bowling all-rounder, gave a flying kiss to his girl-friend, who was presnet at the Narendra Modi Stadium, just after celebraing his 16-ball fify against South Africa as video goes viral.
Hardik Pandya came into the fifth T20I of the five-match series against South Africa with full freedom and started to nail the big shots from the very first delivery. He went hard to the length delivery down the ground for a six against Corbin Bosch before drilling the third ball for another four.
When South Africa introduced the left-arm spinner, George Linde, to Hardik, the latter smashed the lofted cover drive for a massive six before showing his power on the very next delivery over the on-side with swag for the same result. Against Bosch, the right-handed batter dished out the belt treatment with a hammering drive for another six.
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On the fifth delivery of the 17th over, Pandya used his front leg power to club a forceful six over the mid-wicket region to celebrate his 16-ball half-century, which became the second fastest for an Indian batter, after Yuvraj Singh got the record in 12 balls against England during the T20 World Cup 2007.
Hardik Pandya gives flying kiss to his girlfriend
Just after smashing the fifty, Hardik raised his bat to acknowledge the crowd and also gave a flying kiss to his girlfriend, who was present at the ground, and returned the flying kiss to the batter. Hardik finally ended with a brutal knock of 63 runs in just 25 balls at a strike rate of 252 with the help of five boundaries and five sixes.
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He put up a fine 105-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Tilak Varma. The southpaw, meanwhile, continued the same brutal knock and smashed 73 runs in 42 balls at a strike rate of 173.81 with the help of 10 boundaries and one six as the Proteas had no idea of where to bowl.
Even in just three deliveries, Shivam Dube drilled a six and a four, which just cleared out the message from the dressing room. Earlier, Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma also played two brutal knocks at a strike rate of over 160 as India posted 231/5 in their allotted 20 overs of the first innings.
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