Hardik Pandya’s wife Natasa Stankovic has expressed her displeasure with his controversial sacking at the first ODI against New Zealand at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
His team India beat New Zealand by 12 runs in his first ODI on Wednesday at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Opener Shubman Gill hit a spectacular double barrel (149 to 208) and captains Rohit Sharma (38 to 34), Suryakumar Yadav (26 to 31) and Hardik Pandya (38 to 28) cameos on 349/8 inches. Appeared and secured 50 overs. blue guys. In response, the visitors closed with all-rounder Michael Bracewell’s gritty 140 off 78 balls, but tied for 337 runs in 49.2 overs.
India were in a bit of a turmoil at 175/4 in 28.3 overs when all-rounder Pandya batted. He sewed a crucial 74-run partnership with Gill.But then Pandya was controversial with a fourth pitch in 40 overs. Bowler Daryl Mitchell bowled an angled delivery that hit the outer edge of Pandya very close to the stumps and was ruled out bowling by the third umpire on New Zealand’s appeal. After watching a television replay, the referee decided that the ball had hit the stirrup and turned on the lights before it was caught by the wicketkeeper. However, it also appeared that the stirrups had been removed from the wicketkeeper’s glove rather than the ball. Cricket fans and pundits criticized the dismissal as they had concerns about it, and even Pandya appeared upset after it was ruled he was eliminated.
Pandya’s wife, Natasa Stankovic, took to Instagram Stories to express her frustration at his controversial dismissal. How’s that?”. Her post went viral on social media. Gamer Gil, on the other hand, became the youngest ever to reach 2 tons at the age of 23 years and 132 days. He also emerged as the fastest Indian batsman to reach 1,000 runs in the ODI, beating the records of Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan.
He is leading 1-0 in the series, and on Saturday 21st January he played his second ODI vs New Zealand match at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, jointly with Rohit Sharma.