Watch: Hardik Pandya gives Angkrish Raghuvanshi 'Babar Azam treatment' with 'Bye-bye' send-off

Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya has continued his golden form with the ball in the ongoing game against Kolkata Knight Riders. The 12th game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is taking place at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Hardik Pandya's Mumbai Indians have been extremely dominant with the ball in the ongoing game against Kolkata Knight Riders. Opting to ball first, they have been all over the opposition as almost every bowler has looked threatening so far.

Hardik Pandya, who picked two wickets in the last game, also has chipped in as he picked the wicket of Angkrish Raghuvanshi. The young batter looked like the only settled player from his team, and the Mumbai Indians skipper took the responsibility into his own hands.

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On the last ball of the 7th over, Hardik Pandya bowled a shortish delivery wide outside off. The ball came a bit slower than expected, and Angkrish Raghuvanshi went for a pull across the line but ended up miscuing it towards deep mid-wicket.

Naman Dhir, who was stationed there, moved to his left and took a simple catch to send the batter packing. It wasn't a great shot selection as with his wicket, Kolkata Knight Riders lost their fifth wicket in the innings.

What caught the attention of many was the celebration of Hardik Pandya after he removed Angkrish Raghuvanshi. He came up with the "Bye-bye" send-off, the same as he did after removing Babar Azam in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

Watch: Hardik Pandya replicates his "Bye bye" celebration to Babar Azam after removing Angkrish Raghuvanshi in MI vs KKR

Here's the video:

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Angkrish Raghuvanshi was the top run-getter for Kolkata Knight Riders in the game against Mumbai Indians

Angkrish Raghuvanshi was the top run-getter for Kolkata Knight Riders in the game against Mumbai Indians. The young batter ended with the innings of 26 runs off 16 balls. He batted with a strike rate of 162 and also slammed 3 fours and 1 six in his innings.

Thanks to his brilliant innings with the bat, Kolkata Knight Riders went past 100 runs on the board. Ashwani Kumar was the pick of bowlers for Mumbai Indians as he bagged four wickets to bundle out the opposition's innings for just 116 runs.

Ryan Rickelton slams a brilliant half-century to take Mumbai Indians to the 8-wicket win against Kolkata Knight Riders

In the chase, the Mumbai Indians came up with the dominating effort. Ryan Rickelton (62*) slammed a brilliant half-century while Suryakumar Yadav played a cameo of 27 runs off just 9 balls to take his team to the win with around 7 overs to spare. This was their first win in the IPL 2025 as they suffered back to back losses in their last two games against Chennai Suoer Kings and Gujarat Titans.

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