Twitter explodes as Hardik Pandya comes in and 'finishes off in style' for India

BySrijith Gopal,SportsCafe Editor

06/05/2019

It was a good outing for the Indian cricket team as they started their campaign on a winning note, where Rohit Sharma scored an outstanding century and Hardik Pandya chipped in with a small cameo. The Twitterati showered praise on Hardik Pandya after he came in made it look easy to bat.

Brief Scores : South Africa 227/9 (Chris Morris 42, Faf du Plessis 38; Yuzvendra Chahal 4/51, Jasprit Bumrah 2/35) lost to India 228/4 (Rohit Sharma 122*, MS Dhoni 34; Kagiso Rabada 2/39, Chris Morris 1/36) by four wickets.

Effortless!

Hardik Pandya made the pitch look like a batting beauty in 5 mins! 😂
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) June 5, 2019

Must be shivering right now!

shadab Khan when he comes to know he has to face hardik pandya #INDvSA #SAvsIND #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/oFL7UcqgT2
— Mohan Mcmohan (@McmohanMohan) June 5, 2019

A new finisher is in town!

Hardik Pandya is finishing it in style. Awesome 🇮🇳 os marching towards a comfortable victory over 🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/YJKzYlhJfD
— Siddhartha Mondal (@Siddhar65999051) June 5, 2019

Indian fans right now!

Meanwhile Indian fans to Hardik Pandya be like* pic.twitter.com/bwTK1pVqCQ
— ⭐KARTIK SINGHA⭐ (@kartksingha) June 5, 2019

What a finish!

Hardik Pandya be like.. " Mereko karke jana hai..

Match khatam" #INDvSA
— 💫A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOM 💫 (@Nandy309) June 5, 2019

IPL was just a warm-up for him!

Hardik Pandya starts from where he finished in #IPL #INDvRSA #CWC19
— Badhrinath.K (@Badhrinath_K) June 5, 2019

Kohli - a happy man after that Hardik Pandya innings!

Hardik: Karke Aagaya

Kohli: Kyaa ?

Hardik: Win..#CWC19 #INDvSA #SAvIND #ViratKohli #RohitSharma #HardikPandya
— Gopichand (@Gopichand203) June 5, 2019

Brutal!

Four, four and Last ball four! Hardik Pandya wastes zero time ❤😌

Congratulations #TeamIndia #INDvSA
— 🍂 (@_ImNitya_) June 5, 2019

The rightful heir to the throne?

I must say now there's someone to replace #Dhoni as the best finisher.#HardikPandya #INDvSA #IndiavsSouthAfrica
— TARUN KUMAR (@theTARUN_KUMAR) June 5, 2019

The real reason why MSD got out!

Dhoni rightfully gave chance to Hardik Pandya to score winning runs. Thus will boost Pandya’s confidence that was shattered after Karan Johar’s stupid show. Hail MSD
— Ra_Bies 2.0 (@Ra_Bies) June 5, 2019

The real Kohinoor in England!