Mumbai had posted a score of 176 on the board and gave the Kings XI a target of 177 to chase. The Kings XI were well settled in the chase and were in a comfortable zone to win the game. They had scored 80 runs at a loss of 1 wicket in the tenth over. The bowler, Krunal Pandya while bowls his 5th delivery saw Mayank Agarwal leaving the runner’s end before the delivery was bowled and stopped at once. But he did not mankad him.
Despite the need of the situation he warned him once and did not dismiss him. The Kings XI won the game eventually and Mayank Agarwal went on to score 43 off 21 balls which helped Kings XI to accelerate their innings and reach the total within the quota of 20 overs.
Although Mumbai lost the match yet Krunal Pandya won the hearts of many fans, aficionados and even former players as well. Each of them took their Twitter handle to laud the Mumbai all-rounder.
Earlier people had shown their bitterness for Ashwin when he mankaded Jos Buttler which had the likes of some of the great cricketing giants such as Shane Warne, Kevin Pieterson, Michael Vaughan. On the other hand, Krunal’s gesture was backed by the same.
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