In the 20th over, an incident took place where the dashing all-rounder Pandya made a controversial move. He didn’t give the strike to DK (Dinesh Karthik) for the last ball of the over. Both the batters are making a comeback to the International Arena; the all-rounder batter played a brilliant cameo of 31 in 12 balls which included 2 sixes and 3 fours.

Ashish Nehra fumed up on Pandya

Speaking on the Cricbuzz show, the former India pacer said, “He should have taken a single before the last ball. It was Dinesh Karthik at the other end, not me.”  “Hardik Pandya is someone who can play all kinds of roles. He has got every type of batting up his sleeve. We have seen him performing in Tests and ODIs as well. With his batting ability, he can perhaps bat at any position… be it the No.3 or 4 spot. He was captain for Gujarat and contributed with the ball as well. It was a different role”.

Dream of winning 13 matches back to back broken

India until South Africa’s 1 T20I Match Match had won 12 back-to-back matches. They were on the cusp of making a historic feat as no team had won 13 matches back to back. India’s stand-in skipper Pant made a blunder by not bowling out Chahal. Proteas team is vulnerable to spin which could have been exposed at the later stage of the match. All in all, the left-handed wicket-keeper batter’s poor captaincy spoiled a great chance as winning 12 matches back to back won’t happen daily.