In a 7-wicket defeat to South Africa in New Delhi on Thursday, Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik made their international comebacks.
The new Indian Premier League champions’ skipper Hardik Pandya played a crucial knock during the closing stages of the first innings as he smashed a 12-ball 31 to take India past 200. While he was in the spotlight for his heroics, he was heavily criticized for not giving Dinesh Karthik a single in the final over of India’s innings. When Anrich Nortje bowled the final over, Hardik Pandya hit a grounder towards deep mid-wicket and refused to give Karthik a single, even though he had faced only two balls in the innings. Pandya was seen having an animated argument with the RCB man.
