Hardik Pandya Run Out At Non-Striker’s End After Sanju Samson’s Perfect Straight Drive in Asia Cup 2025 Clash vs Oman [WATCH]

After winning the toss and electing to bat first against Oman in the Asia Cup 2025, India are oddly in a bit of trouble. Vice Captain Shubman Gill (5) was sent back to the pavilion in just the second over. Abhishek Sharma survived an LBW review on the first ball, but was dismissed soon after making a 15-ball 38. Within two more deliveries in the eighth over, Hardik Pandya was run out at the non-striker’s end.

The all-rounder had taken a single off his first ball. Pandya had to depart as he was way out of the crease when Sanju Samson’s straight drive hit the stumps on the other end off Jiten Ramanandi’s bowling.

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At the time of writing this report, India have 100/3 on the board with 10 more overs to go. Sanju Samson (37) and Axar Patel (10) are unbeaten on the crease.

Ramanandi had already taken the wicket of Abhishek, who found keeper Vinayak Shukla at the back. Before that, Shah Faisal had bowled out Gill.

After winning both their previous games, India are already through the Super 4. In this match, captain Suryakumar Yadav has dropped Jasprit Bumrah owing to reasons of workload management. Harshit Rana is called up as a replacement, while Arshdeep Singh also gets a chance to play in place of spinner Varun Chakravarthy.

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Hardik Pandya in Asia Cup 2025

It was the first batting opportunity for the T20 World Cup 2024 final hero. In India’s last two matches against the UAE and Pakistan, the top-order batters had put on a fiery show to win by nine and seven wickets, respectively.

However, Pandya bowled a total of four overs across two games. He opened for India in both matches.

Against the UAE, the 31-year-old was hammered for 10 runs in the first over. He did not bowl any more overs and returned wicketless. Against the arch-rivals, Pandya took a wicket while going for 34 runs in three overs. Saim Ayub was dismissed for a golden duck, however, Pandya couldn’t control the flow of runs.

In the absence of Bumrah, Pandya may open the bowling once again, playing in his 117th T20I.

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