When the fifth wicket fell, Hardik smiled cheekily and left Ricky Ponting completely stunned.
The repulsiveness season for Delhi Capitals doesn’t appear to end.
Yet truly, even pundit Murali Kartik said, “When nothing is working, they should return home.” Furthermore, no difference either way.
At Gujarat Titans’ game on Tuesday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Delhi suffered yet another terrible batting collapse orchestrated by Mohammed Shami.
Who took four wickets in his first three overs and cleaned up the entire top order, including Priyam Garg, who scored a double-digit score (10) among the top five batters.
As an example, when the fifth wicket fell in Ahmedabad, Hardik Pandya smiled slyly while head coach Ricky Ponting was completely stunned.
After Delhi made the baffling decision to bat first at the venue, the collapse began with ball one. With a gentle full outswinger outside off, Shami, who was given the new ball, gave Phil Salt a golden duck.
David Warner was the unfortunate victim of a terrible mix-up with Garg, which caused him to become enraged at his teammate after Delhi lost an over.
In his subsequent over, Shami continued his assault on Rossouw with a stunning dismissal that even stunned batting legend Sunil Gavaskar in the commentary box.
Wriddhiman Saha didn’t make a mistake in the typical outside-edge scenario of a Test match. When he returned for his third over. He completed a one-handed stunner to dismiss Manish Pandey and Saha in the same manner.
Pandey poked at it, creating a thick outside edge, and it became a long ball that wobbled. Gavaskar couldn’t help but exclaim, “That is absolutely stunning because it fell right in the middle of the gloves.” As Saha perfectly timed his leap and grabbed it with one hand.
Shami eventually scored his fourth goal, and Saha finally got rid of Garg, this time. Turned outside, swung a little, and leaned over the edge.
Ponting was shell-shocked, and Hardik couldn’t stop smiling, as Delhi’s batting collapsed, losing by 23 runs in five overs.
Shami’s 4 for 7 powerplay return is the best ever in IPL history. While 28 for five was the lowest powerplay score for a team this season.