PBKS vs GT, WATCH : Flying Effort By Hardik Pandya At The Boundary Line

Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans are locking horns with the Mayank Agarwal-led Punjab Kings today (Saturday). The game is the 16th one of the ongoing League and is taking place at the Brabourne stadium.

Gujarat Titans elected to bowl after winning the toss

Punjab Kings (Playing 11): Mayank Agarwal(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow(w), Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh

Gujarat Titans (Playing 11): Matthew Wade(w), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Manohar, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande

While batting first Punjab Kings posted a decent total of 189. Liam Livingstone played brilliant innings of 64, while Shikhar Dhawan ended up with a score of 35. Jiten Sharma, Too, Played a cameo of 23 in just 11 deliveries.

Rashid Khan was the only positive for the Gujarat-based team in the bowling department as he took 3 crucial wickets. Debutant Nalkande took 2 wickets in two consecutive balls. It was pretty much a good performance by Gujarat’s bowling unit.

Hardik Pandya’s flying effort at the boundary line :

In the 9th over, The Afghanistani spinner Rashid Khan created an opportunity to dismiss Livingstone as he was almost caught at the mid-wicket by Gujarat’s skipper Hardik Pandya. It would have been a big blow for PBKS.

The English batsman tried to slog one over the mid-wicket region but did not connect the ball properly. The GT skipper did a fine job to catch the ball but unfortunately, touched his left foot on the boundary line while throwing the ball in the air.

However, The decision was not confirmed initially as the umpire signaled a soft signal as out, The third umpire got clear evidence to overturn the soft signal, It was pretty evident that the Indian all-rounder touched his left foot.

The effort by Hardik Pandya was appreciated by the social media users as he showed great composure under a tight effort. The thing to be noticed is that the all-rounder is making his a comeback after a few months.