Watch: India vs Sri Lanka: Hardik Pandya livid over misfielding

During the first match of the three-match Twenty20 International series against Sri Lankan, Indian seam-bowler Hardik Pandya was infuriated with Manish Pandey when the latter aimed at the stumps of no avail.

Moreover, the throw from Pandey was far off from the stumps at striker’s end which subsequently ricocheted off Yuzvendra Chahal’s knee to race away to the padded-up boundary-line.

The 24-year-old Pandya conceded seven runs in his first over as the final ball of the very first over of Sri Lankan innings saw hosts conceding 11 runs.

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Pandey and Chahal made a meal of the misfielding while leaking runs in the form of an overthrow, however, which did not affect much as Lankans failed to show even the resistance against the hosts’ decent bowling attack.

After conceding five runs in the first five balls while spearheading the bowling department, Pandya sent down the slower one right outside off that saw wicket-keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella guiding the ball towards the point region before scampering for the run when his batting partner Upul Tharanga was making it to the danger-end, as Pandey rushed onto the ball to opt for a run out chance.

So much so, the ball missed the stumps that saw Chahal getting down late on his knee to the ball while backing up when Pandya was overheard that it was not deemed necessary who was enraged and having a world with his teammate Pandey.

The middle-order batsman Pandey, who is known as the swift in the field was stationed at the point region by the stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma.

Moreover, the wrist-spinner in the form of Chahal was the pick of the bowlers who bagged four wickets after giving away just 23 runs in his four overs, as the promising medium pacer Pandya claimed three wickets.

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The right-arm bowler Pandya, who has been working hard to improve his game, saw his bowling figures of three for 29 in four overs.

Earlier batting first the culprit in the fielding Pandey (32 off 18) registered 68-run partnership for the fourth wicket alongside Mahendra Singh Dhoni saw India posted 180 on the board.

The Choryasi-born Pandya, who made his T20I debut in January 2016 against Australia in Adelaide feature in 25 T20I fixtures which saw him bagging 20 wickets at an average of 25 and scoring 140 runs at the unhealthy batting average of 10.76.

India is already leading the series with 1-0 and the second T20I is slated for December 22 (Friday) at Holkar Stadium in Indore.

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