‘Kahani Khatam’: Irfan Pathan's scathing attack on Hardik Pandya after MI vs KKR clash

After the nonaccomplishment against KKR, MI skipper Hardik Pandya erstwhile again came successful firing enactment with erstwhile Indian pacer Irfan Pathan stating that doubts astir Pandya's captaincy proved to beryllium right. Notably, anterior to his stint with MI, Pandya was archetypal ever skipper of GT and led the squad to archetypal IPL trophy successful the inaugural play and the runners disconnected spot successful the precise adjacent season.

Irfan Pathan criticized the Mumbai Indians skipper for letting KKR get backmost into the crippled aft pushing them to a bring with 5 wickets down for 57 runs successful the conscionable the 7th implicit of the game. Pathan stated that Pandya's determination to bring Naman Dhir into the onslaught and giving him 3 successive overs helped Venkatesh Iyer and Manish Pandey get settled connected the crease and station a people of 169 which yet proved to beryllium a small excessively overmuch for MI.

In a video shared connected X, Pathan tin beryllium heard saying, “Mumbai Indians' communicative ends here. This squad was truthful bully connected paper, but it wasn't managed. The questions that were raised connected Hardik Pandya's captaincy were perfectly right. When you've restricted KKR to 57/5, you didn't person to springiness Naman Dhir 3 successive overs. You had to bring your main bowlers, and you gave your sixth bowler 3 overs. Manish Pandey and Venkatesh Iyer posted a beardown partnership. You could've bowled them retired connected 150 alternatively you fto them people 170,"

“Captaincy has a large interaction successful the game. Mumbai Indians don't look similar a agreed team, and absorption needs to see this. Players request to respect and judge the captain, and we didn't spot that on-field. They person to amended successful that aspect." the erstwhile all-rounder stated.

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Published: 04 May 2024, 09:10 AM IST