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‘Chapri ko apna aukat dikha dia Sanju’ - Fans react to viral video of Hardik Pandya staring at Sanju Samson during GT vs RR clash in IPL 2023

Here is how fans have reacted to the viral video of Hardik Pandya staring at the RR skipper while he was at the batting crease

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Sanju Samson and Hardik Pandya in IPL 2023

Sanju Samson and Hardik Pandya in IPL 2023 (Image Source: Twitter)

On 16 April 2023, Gujarat Titans (GT) locked horns with Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the ongoing IPL. The stage was set at Ahmedabad for an enthralling battle between the finalists of the last season. However, RR did not make any mistakes as they defeated Hardik Pandya and his men by three wickets.

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Shimron Hetmyer won the Player of the Match award for his match-winning knock. But, a video has now gone viral where Hardik Pandya was seen giving an angry stare at Sanju Samson while the RR skipper was on the crease. Seeing that, fans went crazy and shared their views on social media.

Here is the shared video:

“I felt we were short some runs at the innings break.” - Hardik Pandya

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Speaking of the match, GT batted first and scored 177 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. Hardik Pandya scored 28 runs off 19 balls. In reply, RR chased down the target with four balls and three wickets in hand. Sanju Samson scored 60 runs off 32 balls while Pandya took one wicket with the ball. After the match, during the post-match presentation, Samson said: “When you play some quality opponents on a quality wicket in a quality stadium like this, you expect a great match. I'm very happy to be on the winning side. I think it was very important to rotate the bowlers. They were going hard at our spinners. After the timeout, they were playing some quality cricket shots and we needed to respect that but I'm very proud of our team for restricting them to a 170-odd score.”

On the other hand, Hardik Pandya said: “It's a very long tournament. Obviously all these losses remind you at the end of the tournament reminds you if you are not on the other side but it's still a very long tournament. A lot of matches left. We still need to play a lot of good cricket even if we had won today. I felt we were short some runs at the innings break. They bowled some good overs but we should have gone harder to put the game and get a 200 total. When I was watching outside, I did feel we were maybe 10 runs short."

Here is how fans have reacted to the viral video:

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