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'Apun ko kuch daring karna hai' - Twitter floods with memes as Hardik Pandya opts Axar Patel for last over in first T20I against SL

Here, we’ll have a look at the top 10 memes from the first T20I between India and Sri Lanka. The Indian skipper Hardik Pandya made a shocking

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'Apun ko kuch daring karna hai' - Twitter floods with memes as Hardik Pandya opts Axar Patel for last over in first T20I against SL

The young Indian team under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya took on Sri Lanka in the first of the three-match T20I series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Sri Lanka asked the hosts to bat first after winning the toss at the tricky turf of Wankhede. The men in blue struggled a bit while batting first as they lost their five wickets on the score of 94 runs.

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Although Hardik Pandya’s men managed to post a decent total of 162 runs for the loss of five wickets in the allotted 20 overs. While chasing the target, the Islanders fell only three runs short to the target and lost the match by a close margin of two runs.

The cricket fans were also awestruck with this thrilling start of 2023 by the Indian team with an exciting win against the visitors. Subsequently, They came up with some interesting memes over the social media platform, Twitter.

So, without further ado, here we’ll have a look at the top 10 memes from the first T20I between India and Sri Lanka.

Here’s a look at top-10 memes from India vs Sri Lanka game:

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Talking about the action of the match, the Indian batting lineup crumbled in the beginning as they lost five wickets only on the score of 94 runs. None of the three Indian batters out of the top-four could touch the double-digit except the 37-run knock by Ishan Kishan off 29 balls with three boundaries and two sixes to his name.

Later at the end of the Indian innings, the pair of Deepak Hooda and Axar Patel completely changed the dynamics of the game as they stitched an amazing 68-run partnership off just 35 balls for the fifth wicket. Deepak Hooda played the highest individual knock for India in the match, he scored 41 runs off just 23 balls with a boundary and four sixes on his credit. Axar Patel accompanied Hooda with an individual knock of 31 runs off 20 balls with three boundaries and a six to his name.

While defending the target, the Indian pace attack including the likes of debutant Shivam Mavi alongside J&K sensation Umran Malik and Harshal Patel played a vital role in restricting Sri Lanka to only the score of 160 runs in the 20 overs. Young sensation Shivam Mavi amazed everyone with his dream debut by scalping four wickets by conceding only 22 runs in his spell of four overs. Umran Malik and Harshal Patel also scalped two wickets each.

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