Hardik Pandya Hilariously Catches T-shirt, Drops It Nonchalantly During Lap of Honour at Wankhede

Team India's packed celebratory rituals schedule ended with a lap of honour around the boundary inside the Wankhede Stadium. All the players were ecstatic and were completely soaked in the grandeur of the ceremony hosted for them for bringing home the T20 World Cup 2024. During the pleasing walk, a hilarious episode featuring Hardik Pandya took place.

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Hardik Pandya hilariously catches the T-shirt, drops it nonchalantly during Team India's Lap of Honour at Wankhede

Enjoying the atmosphere of Wankhede the vice-captain of Team India, Hardik Pandya was leading from the front. As his arms were wide open a T-Shirt came out of nowhere. Being one of the brilliant fielders in the Indian team, Pandya couldn't let go of the airborne and plucked it. He smiled and took a little glare at where it came from and nonchalantly dropped it. Jasprit Bumrah saw the funny side of it and hence couldn't control his laughter. Take a look at the narrated instance.

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Hardik Pandya becomes the new ICC No.1 Ranked All-Rounder

Hardik Pandya rose two places to become the first Indian to occupy the number one spot in the ICC's T20I all-rounders' rankings on Wednesday, as the country's cricketers improved their standings following their title-winning performance in the just-concluded World Cup.

The 30-year-old, who handed telling blows to South Africa in the T20 World Cup final on July 29 by dismissing half-centurion Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller in his 3/20 effort, climbed up two places to go level with Sri Lankan star Wanindu Hasaranga as the top-ranked men's T20I all-rounder.

Following a topsy-turvy IPL where he was the target of fans' boos as Mumbai Indians' new captain, Pandya turned it around in style in the T20 World Cup in the USA and the Caribbean.

Pandya made impactful cameos down the order with the bat and made breakthroughs with the ball when the team needed him to. He finished with 144 runs at a batting strike-rate of over 150 and also took 11 wickets in the tournament.

His best performance came in the final when he triggered a dramatic South African collapse after the Proteas needed 30 runs from 30 balls with Klaasen in full flow.

Pandya gave the decisive blow by dismissing Klaasen in the first ball of the 17th over.

He went on to bowl the tense final over and defended 16 runs to help India pip South Africa by seven runs and win their second T20 World Cup title.

(With PTI inputs)