IPL 2021: Virender Sehwag blasts Manish Pandey after SRH’s 10-run loss to KKR

The IPL 2021 will be the entertainment package for cricket fans stuck in lockdown in different states. The tournament has attracted international players of high caliber due to the no-objection certificate given by boards all over the world due to the ICC tournament scheduled to take place this year in India. The former Indian opener Virender Sehwag who was a part of the India Legends team in the Road Safety World Series has been proactive in his comments regarding the IPL and Indian team. This time, he has spoken about the match between SRH and KKR on Sunday.

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Sehwag blasts Manish Pandey 

Match 3 of the IPL 2021 was won by Kolkata Night Riders by 10 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The KKR team posted a score of 187 on the scoreboard with the contribution from Nitish Rana and Rahul Tripathi who hit half-centuries. Then, Sunrisers Hyderabad did not get off a good start with Warner and Saha getting dismissed early. The pair of Bairstow and Pandey stabilized the team but could not accelerate at a quick rate. After Bairstow’s wicket, the team sent Nabi and Shankar who could not increase the flow of runs, and got out. The hitter from Jammu & Kashmir, Abdul Samad came in and smashed 2 sixes off Pat Cummins in the 19th over but it was too late for the team to chase down the score. He remained unbeaten on 19 off 8 balls, and the questions have been asked by Irfan Pathan and Virender Sehwag regarding his batting position in the match.

Teams that will have stat padding batsmen end up batting long overs without changing gears quickly will struggle. Depriving hitters and finishers by leaving very less balls and making it very difficult. Happened last year, and such teams will struggle always #IPL

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) April 11, 2021

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Sehwag’s tweet was targeted at Manish Pandey and the team management.
The middle-order batsman Manish Pandey who is quite an experienced player in the T20 format did not keep up to the run-rate in his first 30 balls. Until the end of the innings, he scored 61 off 44 balls and could not win it for the team. The team management also did not send the hitter Abdul Samad early who was successful in the IPL 2020.

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