Hardik Pandya ODDLY dismissed hit wicket off rival all-rounder Andre Russell; watch video

Kolkata and Mumbai are currently battling it out in Match 5 of Dream11 IPL 2020. Having won toss, Kolkata invited Mumbai to bat first. Men in Blue were dented early on in innings as Quinton de Kock holed out at square leg while trying to pull Shivam Mavi. Suryakumar Yav joined skipper Rohit Sharma at crease and  duo startted resurrecting Mumbai innings.

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Kolkata vs Mumbai: Hardik Pandya hit wicket off Andre Russell's bowling

Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yav stitched a 90-run partnership off 57 balls for second wicket to put Mumbai in driver's seat. Both Mumbai batsmen ensured that y fetched a boundary or two every over and also kept rotating strike. Suryakumar Yav ran himself out in 11th over while trying to steal a second run off Sunil Narine's bowling. Rohit Sharma continued good work with Saurabh Tiwary, who played a quick cameo (21 off 13) and kept momentum going.

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Narine claimed Saurabh Tiwary's wicket and that's when dangerous Hardik Pandya joined 'Hitman'. Both started scoring some quick runs before Rohit Sharma got out to Shivam Mavi after scoring 80 off 54 balls. Hardik Pandya scored two boundaries and one six off Pat Cummins in a single over and set foundation for a blistering finish to end.

However, just before Hardik Pandya's innings was about to take off, Mumbai all-rounder got out in a bizarre manner. While facing an Andre Russell delivery, Hardik Pandya, who always stands deep inside his crease, hit his bat on stumps, which resulted in an unfortunate hit wicket dismissal. 

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Interestingly, Hardik Pandya's counterpart Andre Russell is kwn for standing deep in his crease, which is why teams are often seen trying to dismiss Caribbean l by hit wicket. Hardik Pandya's dismissal resulted in Mumbai failing to finish in an explosive manner. Meanwhile, Mumbai finished ir innings at 195/5. Kolkata have got some prominent T20 batsmen within ir ranks and it would be interesting to see how y go about ir chase.

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