Watch- Hardik Pandya Burst Into Tears After Mumbai Indians' Crushing Defeat vs LSG

At the end of Mumbai Indians’ 12-run defeat against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Bajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, the five-time champions’ captain, Hardik Pandya, was seen to be emotional.

Harik had a little chance to shoulder them over the winning margin but failed to do so. The right-handed batter ended with an unbeaten 28 runs in just 16 deliveries, thanks to two boundaries and one six at a strike rate of 175.

Hardik Pandya’s heroics with the ball vs LSG

Hardik Pandya came late into the innings on the ninth over and picked up the price wicket of Nicholas Pooran on the fifth ball of the over. The left-handed batter looks to pull the slower short ball to deliver an easy catch to the short fine-leg fielder.

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Markram nailed the Mumbai Indians’ captain for a huge six over the off-side before he collected the wicket of the LSG captain, Rishabh Pant, on two runs in six balls. The left-handed batter aimed to tuck it and got a leading edge into the hands of the substitute fielder, Corbin Bosch.

On his fifth ball of the third over, the South African batter looked to power the short ball out of the ground towards the end of the inning. The fielder ran from the long-off region and grabbed the catch to send the opening batter back to the pavilion for 53 runs in 38 balls, shouldering on two boundaries and four over boundaries.

David Miller nailed Hardik Pandya for a huge six over the long-on region before spraying the down-the-leg delivery a bit fine for another four. The left-handed batter, on the very next delivery, looked to use the pace and found the fielder for 27 runs in 14 balls.

The Baroda all-rounder, on the very next ball, collected the wicket of Akash Deep to end with magical bowling figures of 5/36 in his four overs at an economy rate of nine.

Hardik Pandya bursts into tears after batting failure for Mumbai Indians

On the second delivery of the 17th over, Hardik Pandya nailed the very first delivery straight down the ground for a boundary. Tilak Verma’s struggling knock was not helping the batters from the other end, as was the case with Suryakumar Yadav.

The Indian all-rounder swept Dinesh Rathi behind the wicket-keeper for a boundary before going under against Avesh Khan and cracking the Madhya Pradesh pacer for a flat six over the deep extra-cover region.

Hardik Pandya finished with 28 runs in 16 balls as he failed to carry the franchise over the line in a 12-run defeat. After the game, the veteran burst into tears and was a bit emotional. They have slipped to the seventh position with a net run rate of +0.108.

Emotional Hardik Pandya after the match. pic.twitter.com/4VZXPrBeAG

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Mumbai Indians struggled with their powerplay bowling vs LSG

Mumbai didn’t start well in the game against the Lucknow Super Giants. Hardik Pandya used the pacers with the new ball against Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram. The former nailed the pacers around the park for a few big shots.

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The Australian all-rounder cracked 60 runs in 31 balls at a strike rate of 193.55, shouldering on nine boundaries and a couple of sixes. Markram also celebrated his half-century in 35 balls. On a black soil surface, it was always going to be a tough chase, but Tilak Verma’s struggling knock made it incredibly hard to chase the score.

Lucknow jumps to the sixth position with two wins at a net run rate of +0.048.