Watch: 'Frustrated' Deepak Hooda hurls at on-field umpire during first T20I vs Sri Lanka

India and Sri Lanka faced off in the first T20I of the three-match contest that kicked off on January 3, Tuesday and it was the Hardik Pandya-led team that clinched a thrilling post defeating the Asian champions by a tiny margin of 2 runs. It was Indian stars Deepak Hooda, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Umran Malik and Shivam Mavi who turned out to be the standout players on the day. 

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To add more, the opener Kishan added a quickfire 29-ball 37 and the southpaw was backed up by Hooda in the middle order with his blitzkrieg 23-ball 41. Eventually, the Indian star allrounder Axar Patel contributed 31 runs to the team’s name and pushed the total to 162/5 post being forced to bat first in the first innings. 

While there were many moments to take away from the game, Hooda throwing hurls at the on-field umpire during the course of the contest turned out to be the most questioned one of all. To add more, during the fifth ball of the 18th over from Kasun Rajitha, the player left the ball with the hope to get a wide, in vain as the umpire called it a legal delivery. 

Watch Deepak Hooda hurling at the umpire: 

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Deepak hooda just says behen k lode... 😂😂😂#INDvSL @BCCI pic.twitter.com/SFcPK9AZIm

— Indigo explain (@ExplainIndigo) January 3, 2023

India clinch thrilling win against Sri Lanka in first T20I

The champions of the Asia Cup 2022, however, got off to a shaky start, eventually getting restricted to 108/6 in no time. Much to the surprise of the Indian fans, the skipper Dasun Shanaka brought his team back into the game with his well-crafted 45. However, a double run out in the final from Axar saw the Indian team clinch a thrilling win, taking an early lead of 1-0 in the series. 

“Bilaterals we are very good at and this is how we are going to challenge ourselves. To be honest, all the young guns got us out of the situation today. The conversation was very simple, I have seen him (Mavi) bowl well in the Indian T20 League and I know what are his strengths, just back yourself and don't worry about getting hit,” Hardik was quoted as saying post the conclusion of the match.