IPL 2024 | Twitter stunned by Krunal’s outlandish bumper post-hattrick of sixes from 22-year-old debutant
The pressure of performance in the big stages is not an easy task. But the vicious assault from debutant Jake Fraser-McGurk against the LSG bowlers spurred doubt in the mind of Krunal Pandya, leading to a weird bouncer after getting smoked for a hat-trick of sixes in the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow.
The chase of 168 runs target on a tricky Lucknow surface did not begin in a rosy fashion for the Delhi Capitals as they lost David Warner in the fourth over. However, the introduction of Jake Fraser-McGurk neutralised the setback with the young gun announcing his IPL career with a six. As he steered the tourists towards a victory with flamboyant strokeplay, it forced Krunal to opt for an outlandish bouncer to curb Fraser-McGurk.
With Pant and Fraser-McGurk clobbering the LSG bowlers after the halfway mark, Krunal Pandya was welcomed with three back-to-back sixes from the Aussie young gun. He clubbed the first delivery of the 14th over towards cow corner, followed by a half-volley over deep cover, and the third six, a length ball, marooned over long-on with a ferocious baseball swing. Feeling the heat from a 22-year-old debutant, the finger spinner was forced to try an out-of-the-box delivery where an attempted bumper went horribly wrong, resulting in Rahul grabbing the ball like a hockey goalkeeper after it marooned over the batter.
What a debut!
— Vn (@HitmanVn) April 12, 2024
Lost his control
116 kph bouncer from #KrunalPandya 😅
— Kavya Dave (@KavyaDave1507) April 12, 2024
.#LSGvsDC #ipl #Cricket pic.twitter.com/ngLiHuZQyE
Good for nothing
People are so obsessed with abusing #HardikPandya that they forget that the Pandya that deserves more trolling is #KrunalPandya; absolutely good for nothing, but still in #LSG because of friendship with #KLRahul.#LSGvsDC #DC
— ASHISH TRIPATHI ☀️ (@AshishNTripathi) April 12, 2024
Huge respect
McGurk finally respecting the Headband Krunal Pandya wore
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) April 12, 2024
Thanks for the 6️⃣ 6️⃣ 6️⃣ pic.twitter.com/7Pu4yyzSak
Smashed
Jake Fraser McGurk smashed 6,6,6 against Krunal Pandya 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ofi5UcQQ1A
— Sunil Joshi (@Joshi35428Joshi) April 12, 2024
Back to back
An Australian batter hitting 3 back to back sixes to krunal Pandya we've seen it before 😔 pic.twitter.com/osqGCrFTUG
— 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐌𝐒𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧™ (@Itzshreyas07) April 12, 2024
Madness
The Madness of 22-year old Jake Fraser McGurk..!!!!!
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) April 12, 2024
He smashed 6,6,6 in 3 balls against Krunal Pandya - He's a absolute beast. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ewW5b45qdo
Achievement
Wow, hitting three consecutive sixes against Krunal Pandya is quite an achievement! Jake Fraser McGurk must have been in top form to pull off such an impressive display of batting prowess. It's moments like these that make cricket so exciting!
— Pushkarkuntal (@Pushkarkuntal1) April 12, 2024
Huge risk
Ayyo, huge amount and risk to place bet on krunal pandya!!?
— Sathvik and 34 others (@7_vikk) April 12, 2024
On fire
Jake Fraser McGurk smashed 6,6,6 against Krunal Pandya !! What a debut!!#LSGvDC Iran Ayush Badoni Ayush Badoni Ayush Badoni Gyan Ganga Hooda Coimbatore Drake Lucknow Super Giants #T20WorldCup2024 #RohitSharma𓃵 pic.twitter.com/n66jU4I4Wj
— Trivia Buff (@trivia_bufff) April 12, 2024