Hardik Pandya caught on stump mic abusing teammate for not serving water during 2nd ODI in Kolkata

The
Indian
white-ball
format
vice-captain
even
used
some
abusive
words
while
fielding
and
the
video
of
his
actions
are
going
viral
on
social
media.

Hardik
Pandya
gets
abusive
on
the
field

In
the
video,
a
visibly
annoyed
Hardik
could
be
heard
abusing
either
his
teammates
–
who
are
on
the
bench
–
or
some
member
of
the
support
staff
after
he
wasn’t
given
water.

Hardik
losing
his
cool
and
abusing
his
teammate
was
caught
in
the
stump
mic
and
people
started
sharing
the
same
on

social
media.
The
incident
happened
at
the
end
of
the
eleventh
over
of
Sri
Lankan
innings
when
the
fielding
side
was
trying
to
change
the
end.

Hardik
Pandya’s
average
performance
in
2nd
ODI

The
Baroda
cricketer
bowled
five
overs
and
conceded
26
runs
as
Team
India
restricted
Sri
Lanka
to
215
in
39.4
overs.
The
right-handed
batter
made
a
valuable
contribution
of
36
runs
off
53
balls.
He
shared
a
valuable
75-run
stand
with
KL
Rahul
for
the
fifth
wicket
before
getting
dismissed.

Team
India
were
in
a
spot
of
bother
when
he
stepped
into
the
middle
as
the
scoreboard
read
86
for
four
in
14.2
overs.
Hardik,
along
with
Rahul,
revived
his
team
from
a
precarious
situation
and
steadied
the
ship
with
a
gritty
partnership.

However,
just
when
he
was
looking
set
in
the
run
chase,
he
edged
the
short-pitched
delivery
from
Sri
Lankan
pacer
Lahiru
Kumara
and
was
caught
behind
by
wicketkeeper
Kusal
Mendis
on
the
first
ball
of
the
35th
over.

Earlier
in
the
day,
debutant
opener
Nuwanidu
Fernando
was
the
top
scorer
for
the
visiting
side
and
scored
50
off
63
balls.
Kusal
Mendis
(34)
and
spinner
Dunith
Wellalage
(32)
were
the
second
and
third-highest
scorers
for
their
team
in
the
match.

Sri
Lankans
lost
opener
Avishka
Fernando
(20)
early
when
he
was
bowled
by
Mohammed
Siraj
but
Mendis
and
Nuwanidu
revived
their
team
and
shared
a
stand
of
71
runs
for
the
second
wicket.
Mendis
and
Nuwanidu
were
dismissed
in
quick
succession
and
the
tourists
suffered
a
middle-order
collapse.