IPL 2020, KKR Vs MI: Hardik Pandya Hits His Own Stumps Facing Andre Russell - Watch The Stunning Moment

The narrative in the build-up to the KKR vs MI match was dominated by the Hardik Pandya-Andre Russell battle, but their first meeting in the IPL 2020 came a cropper, at least in the first half

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Updated on: 23 September 2020 9:58 pm

In one crazy moment, Mumbai Indians all-rounder Hardik Pandya hit his own wickets while facing Andre Russell of Kolkata Knight Riders during the fifth match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Regarded as the two of the most prolific all-rounders, the narrative in the build-up to the match was dominated by the Hardik-Russell battle. But for the first half of the match, it came a cropper as the Indian cricketer walked after his bat clipped the top of the off-stump.

Watch what happened here:

Before getting out, Hardik did manage to hit some lusty hits for 18 runs off 13 balls (two fours and a one six).

Put into bat by KKR captain Dinesh Karthik, the defending champions rode on skipper Rohit
Sharma's 80 to post a good total of 195/5.

Here are the playing XIs:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Nikhil Naik, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi.

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, James Pattinson, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah.