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[Watch] Hardik Pandya Gives 'Bye Bye' Send-Off In SMAT 2024 As Baroda Thump Bengal

Poulomi Chakraborty

Hardik Pandya's 'Bye Bye' Gesture (Source: @jiocinema/x.com)Hardik Pandya's 'Bye Bye' Gesture (Source: @jiocinema/x.com)

The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is witnessing the thrilling quarter-final stage. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium witnessed a thrilling clash between Bengal and Baroda. The thrilling match gained more attention because of some big names like Hardik Pandya, Mohammad Shami, and Krunal Pandya.

While bowling in the second innings, Hardik Pandya set the stage on fire. The star Indian all-rounder thrived with the ball and troubled the opponent batters. After dismissing Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Hardik Pandya’s send-off grabbed the attention.

Hardik Pandya’s Send Off

The Bengaluru crowd witnessed a thrilling quarterfinal match between Baroda and Bengal. The unfolded in the 10th over of the second innings. In the last ball of the over, Hardik Pandya bowled a delivery which was outside the off stump. Bengal batter Ritwik Roy Chowdhury hesitated initially and ultimately attempted an awkward pull.

As a result of that, it took the edge. Wicketkeeper Vishnu Solanki grabbed the opportunity and secured the dismissal. After the dismissal, Pandya gave the batter a send-off with a bye-bye gesture. That moment grabbed attention.


Baroda Kick Out Bengal From the Semifinal Stage

After showcasing exceptional forms throughout the season, Baroda and Bengal faced each other in the quarterfinal game. While batting first, Baroda gave a solid start. with the openers put on 90 runs in the opening partnership. Shaswat Rawat added 40 runs and Abhimanyu Singh added 37 runs. Sivalik Sharma sparked with a quickfire knock of 24 runs in 17 balls. Wicketkeeper batter Vishnu Solanki remained unbeaten on 16 runs.

While defending a total of 172 runs, the Baroda bowlers put on a spectacular show. Lukman Meriwala secured the first wicket by dismissing Karan Lal. After that, he secured two quick wickets for Sudip Kumar Gharami and Writtick Chatterjee in the same over. Hardik Pandya and Atit Sheth secured 3 wickets each as they restricted Bengal in 131 runs. Baroda Triumphed with 41 run win and secured their spot in the semifinal stage.