Hardik Pandya record
Hardik pandya major unwanted record in ipl history . Hardik Pandya registered an unwanted record after bagging five wickets in Mumbai Indians’ clash against the Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2025.
Hardik became the first-ever captain to take a five-wicket haul in the Indian cash-rich league after he produced a sensational spell of 5/36.
Hardik pandya ipl history
Hardik has registered the best figures as a captain in ipl bettering Anil Kumble’s twin figures of 4/16 in 2009 and 2010. However, the MI skipper has now also registered an unwanted record.
Hardik is the third MI bowler after Jasprit Bumrah and Munaf Patel to take a fifer in a losing cause. Munaf was the first MI bowler to achieve the unwanted feat after taking 5/21 in MI’s clash against Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) in 2011. Bumrah achieved the feat in 2022 during MI’s clash against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Meanwhile, Hardik is the 11th player overall to take a fifer in a losing cause in the tournament.
Hardik has become just the third Mumbai Indians player to take a fifer in a losing cause in the IPL. While Hardik was penetrative with the ball and also scored 28 off 16 balls in the 204-run chase, his team fell 12 runs short of Lucknow at the Ekana Cricket Stadium.
LSG have bolstered their dominant record against MI as they now enjoy a 6-1 lead over the five-time champions in the face-offs. LSG lost to MI only once, their defeat in the 2023 Eliminator being the only instance of LSG ending on the wrong end in IPL against MI.
In what could be one of the greatest days in his cricketing career, Hardik Pandya ended up becoming the unwanted villain for Mumbai Indians as his act in the final over cost MI their third loss of the season. Hardik, who had a great day with the ball by picking 5 for 36 and becoming the first ever IPL skipper to take a five-wicket haul, came out to bat against LSG on Friday after Suryakumar Yadav’s wicket. He took the chase till the final over with MI needing 22 runs off 6 balls.
Hardik hit a six off the first ball and took a double on the next as the required scenario was reduced to 14 off 4. However, on the third ball of the over, Hardik played the ball to backward square leg but instead of going for a single and giving Santner the strike, he decided to stay and finish the game on his own. Hardik then missed the chance to score on the next ball as MI was left with the impossible task of 14 off 2 to win. He took a single on the fifth ball, but the match was long gone by then as LSG secured a thrilling 12-run win.
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