India was still trailing the Southafrican score of 335 when Hardik Pandya batting alongside his captain got to the crease to start batting after remaining not out at the end of day 2, Day 3 started with Hardik batting with Kohli who was on 85.
It was an important partnership for India”s chances if these two had stretched a big long vigil at the crease but then something that shocked everyone happened.
Hardik danced down the pitch to play a shot to mid on asking Virat to run for a single but Kohli denied it, the mid on fielder threw the ball to the stumps at Hardik”s end and did hit. The ball went to the on side and Virat and Hardik finally completed the run but Southafrica appealed for the runout and the umpire went upstairs to the 3rd umpire to get a clearer picture of things.
It was seen on the big screen though, that Hardik just casually went back into his crease with his foot still in the air and bat not grounded too, and hence he was given out.
The moment didn”t go down too well with the twitterati and the video clip of the event went viral with various corners giving their insight and having a jibe at Hardik at his casualness and how it cost India a big wicket at such a crucial juncture in the game.
Experts and various cricket pundits too had their views expressed and disappointment was very well gauged from the tweets.
Early lesson for Hardik Pandya that this game will come to bite you back if you let confidence become arrogance.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) January 15, 2018
With this tweet, Sanjay related Panda”s casual running to his arrogance at that moment.
Also other experts and others went ahead and tweeted the enormity of this mistake from Hardik Pandya.
Virat's reaction on Pandya's run out..#ViratKohli #HardikPandya #IndiaVsSouthAfrica #2ndTest #2ndtest pic.twitter.com/2QzJRmOGpx
— Dil Pe Mat Lo (@dilpematlo) January 15, 2018
It was a disappointing moment for Indian team as well because they needed this partnership to stay longer and score big so that they might get close to Southafrica”s score and may be who knows get past them.
https://twitter.com/Sarcodagama/status/952868686792019970
Sanjay Manjrekar about the Hardik Pandya run-out He says that there is a thin line between confidence and arrogance gives an eg. of Tendulkar who had great talent but never had arrogance Sanjay feels that his arrogance may have contributed to him taking it easy there. RT if agree
— Asjadullah Khan🇮🇳 (@memeaatmak) January 15, 2018
Hardik Pandya: Silly run out,
Cheteshwar Pujara: Silly run out,
R. Ashwin: Near silly run out,
Ishant Sharma: Near comical run out.You know why? No?
Well, I ask you: Does India have a "running between the wickets coach"?
No?
Well, duh! That's why! #RSAvIND
— Mohan Krishnamoorthy (@mohank) January 16, 2018
Sunil Gavaskar: Unforgivable!
Rohan Gavaskar: Sorry papa, main kuch nahi Kr paaya!
Sunil Gavaskar: I am talking about Hardik Pandya's run out
— Sunil the Cricketer (@1sInto2s) January 15, 2018
#SAvIND #HardikPandya run out.sir Gavaskar will give his bamboo advice
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349) January 15, 2018
For those comparing Hardik Pandya with Kapil Dev, Kapil was NEVER run-out in his Test career (184 innings).#SAvIND #INDvSA
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) January 15, 2018
Color your hair the way you want;speak like a rastafarian if you think it's cool; but for gods sake drag your bat next time #HardikPandya
— shishir hattangadi (@shishhattangadi) January 15, 2018
Hardik Pandya is following the footsteps of Been Stokes too seriously, check out this 👇#SAvIND #INDvSA #SAvsIND pic.twitter.com/jVula7mgXY
— Omkar Mankame (@Oam_16) January 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/Sarcodagama/status/952868686792019970
Ravi Shastri & Hardik Pandya in the Dressing Room#SAvIND pic.twitter.com/Wd1GjGGrad
— Hariharan Durairaj 🦁🐿️ (@hariharan_draj) January 15, 2018
Today Hardik Pandya proved he is more dumber than Alia Bhatt. #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/xcpjuHDKDA
— Waѕiyullah Budye (@WasiyullahB) January 15, 2018
Schoolboy Error…..could possibly cost India the match. Inexplicable. #SAvIND
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 15, 2018
#Pandya was just given a wake-up call by the sport ! You take my for granted and I will come from behind and give you a rude shock ! Absolutely terrible that. Part of the process though. Time to forget about it and move on! Comebacks are a necessity of any sport ! #SAvIND
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) January 15, 2018
Pandya should be fined heavily by the team management for his casual approach
— Makarand Waingankar (@wmakarand) January 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/the_summer_game/status/952821044540313600
Mondays are hard. pic.twitter.com/uWVVQ0Mf7B
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) January 15, 2018
– by Kashish Chadha
