With the Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya not bowling a single over in the just concluded 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League, many questions were raised over his selection in the 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup 2021. His place in the Indian squad for the ICC T20 World Cup has come under the scanner for a while with several people questioning his inclusion just as a specialist batter.
Several experts and cricketers reckoned hailed the all-rounder as a liability if he doesn’t bowl in the tournament. Many also highlighted the fact that the balance of the team will hamper badly if he doesn’t start bowling.
But ahead of the UAE leg of the IPL 2021, BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma had claimed that Hardik would be bowling his full quota of overs in the high-voltage tournament. However, the possibility now seems impossible as Hardik hasn’t bowled a single delivery during India’s warm-up matches against England and Australia.
With the Indian cricket team taking over Australia in the ongoing 2nd warm-up match against Australia, Hardik was expected to showcase his talent with the ball, however, the fans were left disappointed after he didn’t come out to bowl.
Meanwhile, fans on social media were left disappointed with Pandya not bowling against Australia. Fans are trolling the Indian all-rounder and the team management over the same. There were many who came up with hilarious memes and jokes while trolling the cricketer. A few people also compared Hardik to Virat Kohli, who was seen bowling during the game.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
@BCCI @imVkohli bowling in warm up match is it coz @hardikpandya7 not gonno bowl? Thn why is he considered as an all-rounder option for team we should rather hav a specialized bowler instead who can bat a bit as batting of panda is also out of form since injury it’s World up…
— Ruchit shah (@Shahruchit22) October 20, 2021
Hardest things to predict:
Stock market < Bitcoin price < Peace in Palestine < Whether Hardik Pandya will bowl pic.twitter.com/E8Zk2bK7bD
— cricBC (@cricBC) October 20, 2021
Hardest things to predict:
Stock market < Bitcoin price < Peace in Palestine < Whether Hardik Pandya will bowl pic.twitter.com/E8Zk2bK7bD
— cricBC (@cricBC) October 20, 2021
So India’s 6th bowling option is going to be Virat Kohli not Hardik Pandya.#India #INDvsAUS
— Rishabh Singh (@Rishabh_rds94) October 20, 2021
Hardik Pandya – NO NO
Virat Kohli- YES YESIf you know you know#T20WorldCup #IndvAus #IND #AUS
— TUSHAR
?? (@Cricaddict07) October 20, 2021
?? (@Cricaddict07) Thus, King kohli remembered me about the killer hitting from Albie way back in 2012 ?
Unpopular opinion : drop Hardik Pandya#TeamIndia #ViratKohli #ICCT20WorldCup2021 pic.twitter.com/XRIuaPvVlV— iNaveenVijayakumar (@iNaveen2542k) October 20, 2021
Aj to virat ne bhi bowling kar li
Hardik Pandya when??— SURBHI SHARMA?? (@Imsurbhis) October 20, 2021
https://twitter.com/loyalSachfan/status/1450783839916199944?s=20
https://twitter.com/uafc7/status/1450782912874303488?s=20
Waiting for Hardik Pandya the bowler: #IndvAus #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/gu8GwSfesU
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) October 20, 2021
Rohit Sharma confirms Hardik Pandya hasn’t started bowling but hopefully he will start very soon.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 20, 2021
Hardik Pandya is not bowling, we don’t have a 6th bowling option#INDvsAUS #viratkohli #TeamIndia
Meanwhile Virat Kohli : pic.twitter.com/L9Rn7RTOez
— Back Se First (@BackSeFirst) October 20, 2021
Be valuable like Hardik Pandya.
A allrounder. Can’t ball due to injury. But India (who has strongest bench strength) doesn’t like to replace him with any other player & they haven’t got any.
And the funny thing is now he made his captain bowling after ages.#INDvsAUS #WarmUps
— Poornama??? (@iam_poor9) October 20, 2021
Hardik Pandya:- pic.twitter.com/YACjmEjaXG
— Devanshu murkute (@DevanshuMurkute) October 20, 2021
Aj to virat ne bhi bowling kar li
Hardik Pandya when??— SURBHI SHARMA?? (@Imsurbhis) October 20, 2021
Sources :hardik pandya to start bowling when humanity ends #IndvAus #ViratKohli #HardikPandya
— siddhant (@siddhantkanwal1) October 20, 2021
Fans talking about ‘Hardik – The Bowler’ : pic.twitter.com/6iXYVZMm47
— Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) October 20, 2021
