Twitter Reacts As India Ride On Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya Brilliance To Pocket Series 2-1
The Indian team closed out the ODI series with a thumping win on Sunday, riding on the back of stunning performances from all-rounder, Hardik Pandya, and wicket-keeper batter, Rishabh Pant.
After opting to bowl first, Rohit Sharma and co. had their opponents on the mat. Mohammed Siraj, replacing Jasprit Bumrah in the game, bowled a double-wicket maiden to put the visitors on top.
Jason Roy and Ben Stokes steadied the innings before both fell in the space of a few overs. Jos Buttler was left to fight for a good total once again and he began in the company of Moeen Ali.
Eventually, lower-order knocks from David Willey and Craig Overton propelled the total to 259 in 45 overs. Hardik had stunning figures of 4/24 in 7 overs, which is his career-best figures.
In response, the Indian top-order fumbled once again. Senior pros, Rohit and Virat Kohli failed to contribute much and when Suryakumar Yadav fell, India was staring down another defeat at 72/4.
However, Hardik and Pant then stitched a brilliant 133-run partnership, with both reaching their respective fifties in the process. Although Hardik fell after the Men in Blue went past 200, Pant stuck around and applied the finishing touches in style. He brought up his maiden ODI century and in the process, smashed a hapless Willey for 5 boundaries in a row.
With the victory, India won both the T20I series (2-1) and the ODI series (2-1) to complete a successful tour of England.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to India’s excellent 5-wicket win:
Rishab pant what a knock @RishabhPant17 great partnership @hardikpandya7 .. Another series win abroad.. congratulations @BCCI ??
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 17, 2022
“Jahan matter bade hote hai, wahan Pant khade hote hain.”
What a mature yet so entertaining innings by @rishabhpant17 .. India on a brink of a historic win in England. #EngvsInd pic.twitter.com/3tpRtXrcfv
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) July 17, 2022
Beating Englishmen on their soil has a different beat to it. ?? ?? ??
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) July 17, 2022
Last match of a series and @RishabhPant17 playing brilliantly – this is a better love story than twilight.
Incredible innings from an incredible player – with great support from Hardik and Jadeja.#IndvsEng pic.twitter.com/WRGMEFb3sA
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 17, 2022
An amazing innings full of maturity & great game awareness from @RishabhPant17 . Still young in his international career but already played some all time great innings in the history of Indian cricket.
A brilliant performance by @hardikpandya7 too throughout the series. #IndvsEng pic.twitter.com/KwZzv3Qgx0— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) July 17, 2022
History created at Old Trafford as the #MenInBlue secure a remarkable ODI series win against England. ?
Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten century and Hardik Pandya’s 71 helped #TeamIndia complete a memorable chase. ?#PlayBold #ENGvsIND pic.twitter.com/hIv586e1su
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) July 17, 2022
Looks like the 45 minute conversation made sense ?!! Well played @RishabhPant17 that’s how you pace your ininings @hardikpandya7 great to watch ? #indiavseng
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) July 17, 2022
People at Manchester CG hopes Virat Kohli's 71st century.
Meanwhile Virat Kohli in TV ads :
Let's Do the digit digit , do the digit dance ?. #ViratKohli#indiavseng— war_tweets (@waranwicky) July 17, 2022
Well-done India ??
Well-done Rishabh….wt a great knock…wt a fantastic inning ..??Jai hind ??#indiavseng
— अंश (@Ansh04rd) July 17, 2022
India wins the first T20 against England, Hardik Pandya becomes the first Indian to take 4 wickets and score a half century. India beat England by 50 runs.#IndiaVsEnglandT20onSonyLIV #India #IndiaVsEngland #IndiaVsEng pic.twitter.com/w7ZEoII0sC
— Tirthankar Das (@tirthajourno) July 7, 2022
India missed Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja in South Africa especially during the ODI series, it showed in this series what they mean to this XI #cricket #CricketTwitter #ENGvIND
— Chandresh Narayanan (@chand2579) July 17, 2022
Pant has proved he can play on all formats . Mature performances throughout the tour of England #ENGvIND #ENGvsIND
— Monty Panesar (@MontyPanesar) July 17, 2022
