After Twitter ecstatically reacted to day one proceedings of the first test at Cape Town, the second day of play too started with Twitter reactions pouring in one after the other. India has a lot to do having lost 3 wickets cheaply including that of the skipper.
The onus is now on Cheteshwar Pujara to steer India’s retaliation and he would seek some substantive support from Rohit Sharma and Saha.
After India started day two cautiously and the Proteas going all guns blazing with their lethal pace attack, Twitter has got reactions trending yet again. These Twitter reactions are taking a dig on the Indian side and these Tweets are both, hilarious and witty. Twitter knows how to roast someone to perfection it seems.
Even after the end of the first day’s play, Twitter went lashing out on Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan for departing from the crease early and leaving India in a spot of bother. While captain Kohli could only manage 5 runs, Dhawan scored just 16 despite showing good intent early in his short-lived innings.
Twitter did not hold itself back from trolling even Anushka Sharma for Kohli’s poor performance in the first innings. Twitter is savage indeed and it spares no one, not even the best batsman for just one flopped innings.
We still feel that it’s too harsh of Twitter to lash out at Virat Kohli like this for he has always performed under tough conditions and one or two flop innings does not make him any less credible and neither should his marriage celebrations be questioned for one bad inning.
Twitter perhaps gets too emotional too early and fans should put more sense into their Tweets and if they are true fans then they should stand by their team in tough times rather than baselessly trolling them.
While every other Indian batman got trapped in their defence, Hardik decided to take the attack to the opposition. The 24 year old all rounder decided to change things after India was reduced to 92/7.
Hardik played superbly and did to the South African bowlers what De Villiers had done to the Indian bowlers. Hardik attacked the lethal pace attack of the Proteas and stitched a crucial partnership with Bhuvneshwar Kumar to see India getting to a decent score and also making sure that South Africa doesn’t get a big lead to play with.
It was brave innings from Pandya but he was lucky to have missed out on a hundred as he got out to Rabada when he was on 93. Twitter as well as the entire cricket fraternity is showering heaps of praises on the young lad who showed how one must bat on such a pitch.
Twitter Lauds Hardik Pandya:
Hardik Pandya has given a tight slap to all his critics, with his bat. #SAvIND
— Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket) January 6, 2018
Hardik Pandya facing South African fast bowlers. #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/MiG22vFF3y
— Young Struggling Man (@1sInto2s) January 6, 2018
From 92/7 to 199/9 in a low scoring game is a huge effort. Didn’t expect, exceeded expectations, @hardikpandya7! #Respect
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) January 6, 2018
Ravi Shastri welcoming Hardik Pandya into the dressing room ??#SAvIND pic.twitter.com/2dOsyTMccN
— The Lol Buddhu (@lolbuddhu) January 6, 2018
Hardik Pandya didnt just attack. This was a sensible, cleverly played innings. Has risen many notches as a player.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/MyselfAgent47/status/949623548095512577
#HardikPandya
Other Indian Batsmen : Bowl is swinging & bouncing , its very difficult to bat.Hardik Pandya :#SAvIND #INDvSA #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/cEJJKwKqHg
— Suraj Gaud (@gaudsuraj233) January 6, 2018
#HardikPandya #SAvIND future captain of India
— Dinesh Ashok Zute (@DineshZute1) January 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/i_m_tiwari/status/949622313393168392
Hardik Pandya scores a much needed fifty. Pandya is the BEST thing to have happened to Team India.??#SAvIND #IndvsSA #FreedomSeries #HardikPandya pic.twitter.com/ckQe1p8Jai
— Vikrant Yadav (@vik21_yadav) January 6, 2018
#IndvSA #Congratulations to Allrounder @HardikPandya02 ,Team India Under Pressure #HardikPandya Unbeaten Half Century Helping the 1st test match against #SA @BCCI @IAmViratKohali
— M Rama M Reddy (@mallemala12) January 6, 2018
#Hardikpandya doing a Ben stokes on proteas ! #Ind
— Sumukh Herlekar (@sumukh_herlekar) January 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/VermaMitthu/status/949626085477527557
https://twitter.com/HareshSaniya/status/949624919012335616
https://twitter.com/Payalk311/status/949623801024688128
Hardik Pandya standing Against an attack that reads Steyn, Morkel, Philander and Rabada. Progressing Player #HardikPandya .
Let that sink in! #RSAvIND— Madhu (@MaddyMU24) January 6, 2018
India’s two heroes at the crease. Highest wicket-taker and run scorer of the match (so far). Let the surge continue. #INDvSA #SAvIND #HardikPandya #BhuvneshwarKumar
— Debnath Roychowdhury (@ImDebnath) January 6, 2018
Positive intent can do wonders in test matches. #HardikPandya
— Nitin Mohan (@initin90) January 6, 2018
When Life gives you a chance become hardik then be a @hardikpandya7 not become@HardikPatel_
Two Gujju’s one making and one destroying name of GJ.#HardHittingAllRounder#INDvSA #HardikPandya #KapilDevInTheMaking#hardik_the_real_hero— Pradeep Tidke (@T_Pradeep1010) January 6, 2018
This innings will be remembered #HardikPandya #INDvSA
— Tapasi Raju Yerra (@TapasiRaju) January 6, 2018
Enjoying watching this uncomplicated, uninhibited batting from Hardik Pandya. Looking like a batsman.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) January 6, 2018
Wow! @hardikpandya7 is a true rockstar!! Well done!! ??????? #SAvIND #HardikPandya
— Jackartoons (@jackartoons) January 6, 2018
First with @msdhoni in Sri Lanka and now with @hardikpandya7 in south Africa @BhuviOfficial is playing a crucial knock..#IndvsSA #HardikPandya #Bhuvi
— Prashant Jain (@bbdit) January 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/ADITYA_0006/status/949621238929899520
#TeamIndia definitely needs the same attitude of #HardikPandya @hardikpandya7 in facing the #SouthAfrica bowlers..
— Prakash Aluru (@iPrakashAluru) January 6, 2018
