Fans lash out after World Cup bound Hardik Pandya registers golden duck against LSG

Pandya's poor show with the bat irked the fans, especially since he was named as India's vice captain for upcoming T20 World Cup earlier today.

By Chandra Moulee Das Updated: Apr 30, 2024, 20:43 IST

Hardik Pandya?width=963&height=541&resizemode=4

During the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL 2024) match between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Mumbai Indians (MI), MI skipper Hardik Pandya received flak after he was dismissed for a golden duck.

Earlier today, the BCCI announced the Indian squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 in June and named Hardik as the vice-captain.

However, his poor show with the bat irked the fans as they took to social media to voice their anger.

Mumbai Indians had a horrible start to the game, reeling at 27 for 4 with none of their star players being able to deliver. Apart from Hardik, Rohit and Suryakumar Yadav who are also in the India squad for the ICC event departed cheaply for scores of 4 and 10.

Check some of the reactions following Hardik's disappointing knock below.

Hardik Pandya getting out on duck on the day when he is announced as vice captain for the T20 WC ! That's mockery from selectors 🤡 #LSGvMI #T20WorldCup24 #IndianCricketTeam Virat | Dube | Samson | Rinku pic.twitter.com/1LoRgWmgEf
— Satan (@Scentofawoman10) April 30, 2024

-🚨 Golden duck 🦆 🦆 🤩🤩

- Not Deserve Worldcup team 🤩

- Well Deserve Rinku Singh..💔🥺

- it's heart 💔!! #rinku #T20WorldCup2024 #LSGvMI #HardikPandya #BCCI pic.twitter.com/HWUsp4Tnji
— Sport's girl🕊️ (@sportsgirl_2) April 30, 2024

Hardik Pandya golden duck ..... Pura IPL flop......
T20 world cup me vice captain waaa..... Vice captain Surya , Bumrah @BCCI #HardikPandya #T20WorldCup24
— Rowdy Raj (@RowdyRaj809) April 30, 2024

null

Now a Golden Duck 🦆 for Hardik Pandya
Whole MI lobby of wc squad is showing their standards 😍🥵#MIvsLSG #LSGvMI pic.twitter.com/7IRrGnkpaV
— Cricket lover 🏏👑 (@VaisHashmi_45) April 30, 2024

They dropped Rinku to play
- Rohit Sharma who is completely out of form at the moment
- Crazy all rounder Hardik Pandya who scores a golden duck and gives out 41 runs in 2 overs while bowling🤡

Clown BCCI management for a reason....!!!!! pic.twitter.com/oQixTHo5Ib
— Pranil Acharya (@PranilAcharya1) April 30, 2024

#HardikPandya out on a duck 1st ball now. And selected for the World Cup Team today. His overall contribution to #MI has been abysmal to say the least this season. Let’s not even talk about his captaincy. Does he really deserve to be in any #Indian team, let alone WC. #BCCI ?
— Rajnish Lall (@LallRajnish) April 30, 2024

Mumbai Indians get off to a horrible start

Speaking about the match, the MI scoreboard currently reads 41 for 4 in 8 overs with Ishan Kishan and Nehal Wadhera still at the crease.

For LSG, Marcus Stoinis, Mohsin Khan and Naveen-ul-Haq have taken one scalp apiece.

Mumbai Indians are currently placed second last in the IPL 2024 points table with six points from nine games and desperately need a win if they have to keep an outside chance of qualifying for the playoffs alive.

ALSO READ: KKR star suspended for one match after IPL Code of Conduct breach

On the other hand, LSG currently rank fifth with ten points from nine games. A win tonight will however propel them to the Top 4 and further consolidate their chances to make it to the playoffs.

For more updates, follow CricXtasy on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Telegram and YouTube.