Twitter reacts to remarkably sluggish knock from Manish Pandey
Published - 18 Feb 2018, 09:28 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:21 AM
India, after being asked to bat during the 1st T20I at Jo’burg, where off to a blistering start. Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan, and Virat Kohli pressed the accelerator right throughout the powerplays.
The men in blue lost the wicket of Kohli with the score at 108 in just nine and a half over. With the track record at Johannesburg, no total remains safe, especially looking at their opponents.
South Africa’s famous win over Australia where they chased down a record total of 434 was at this very ground. Therefore, with the start provided by the top order, a target of over 220 was requisite.
India’s number five batsman, Manish Pandey took the guard with the responsibility to take their side towards a target well above 200.
However, the man who stole the limelight in this year’s auction failed miserably to accelerate at the back end of the inning. On a pitch where the likes of Dhawan, Kohli, and Rohit looked like smashing every ball to the boundary, Pandey could only manage a strike rate of 107.
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Pandey scored a 27-ball 29 which had only one maximum when the need of the hour was to score as many possible on a batting paradise. His sluggish knock, in the end, made a difference of about 20 runs which may well be the defining factor in the match.
This is not the first time Pandey struggled to score boundaries at crucial junctures. Even in the T20I match against England at Nagpur last year, Pandey struggled to put bat to the ball.
Twitterati, on the other hand, were unforgiving looking at Manish Pandey’s struggle. India managed a par total of 203 runs thanks to the late flourish from MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya.
Let us look at how Twitterverse reacted
South Africa & Manish pandey tried hard to restrict India to less than 200.
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
https://twitter.com/not_dat_guy/status/965221548176039936
Only Manish Pandey can score a single for a Full Toss ???#<!---->S<!---->A<!---->v<!---->s<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D
— Mogambo ✪ ❄️ (@UberHandle) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
Despite Manish Pandey 's struggle, India get to 203 ,should have been a lot more with the start they had. Over to the bowlers now. #<!---->S<!---->A<!---->v<!---->s<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
If Someone Ask What Is Team Contribution
Just Show Them This
Dhawan – 72
Rohit Sharma – 21
Suresh Raina – 15
Kohli – 20
Manish Pandey – 29
Dhoni – 16
Hardik Pandya – 13— Prashanth ?? (@Paachu90) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
Even Bandla ganesh best friend Sachin Joshi can play better than Manish Pandey
RT if you agree— Mogambo ✪ ❄️ (@UberHandle) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
Manish pandey played like the average student in a family of toppers #<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D<!---->v<!---->S<!---->A
— Dheeraj Ahuja (@Dheeraj23903824) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
https://twitter.com/brainfadesmith/status/965223413315878912
If Ajinkya Rahane played the same innings Manish Pandey played today, he would've been ripped to shreds.
29 off 27 deliveries just not acceptable after that blistering start. #<!---->S<!---->A<!---->v<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D
— Rupin Kale (@Vegansportlover) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
https://twitter.com/SirrrJadeja/status/965228112798564353
98 runs in first 8 overs next 105 runs came in next 12 overs. Thanks to the mighty effort from Manish Pandey.??
30 runs short from the formidable total. #<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D<!---->v<!---->S<!---->A— Purusharth Durgapal (@urbanyogi77) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
Manish pandey inning #<!---->S<!---->A<!---->v<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D p<!---->i<!---->c<!---->.<!---->t<!---->w<!---->i<!---->t<!---->t<!---->e<!---->r<!---->.<!---->c<!---->o<!---->m<!---->/<!---->7<!---->N<!---->o<!---->7<!---->S<!---->i<!---->m<!---->K<!---->V<!---->s
— Rajat (@rajatpandey8294) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
Every time Manish Pandey has got a chance he has done team more bad than good. That’s exactly what I was saying few days back. He is doing no justice to his talent. ?? #<!---->S<!---->A<!---->v<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D
— Nik (@InJail_Out_So0n) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
Manish pandey screwing a big total, never wanted him in t20s.
Should be playing ODI cricket though#<!---->S<!---->A<!---->v<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D— Akki (@CrickPotato) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
https://twitter.com/billz_25/status/965226047670226944
What an amazing innings by Manish pandey . Unbelievable knock . Waiting to see srh reaction.surely deserves man of the match
— Ankit sharma (@Ankitsh50593026) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
https://twitter.com/Shahrcasm/status/965226542094721025
https://twitter.com/Langer_Mayanti/status/965232949875507200
https://twitter.com/KukretiShobhit/status/965223487739777026
2009 : Manish Pandey is a young talent. ?
2018 : Manish Pandey is still a young talent. #<!---->S<!---->A<!---->v<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D— KorTs cricket (@KorTs_cricket) F<!---->e<!---->b<!---->r<!---->u<!---->a<!---->r<!---->y<!----> <!---->1<!---->8<!---->,<!----> <!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8
https://twitter.com/I_Aint_U/status/965223321913655296
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