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‘Yeh Chapri jyada hi hawa mei rehta hai’ - Fans react to Hardik Pandya’s ‘I'd rather punch first than take the punch’ statement after defeating Delhi in ITL 2023

Here is how fans have reacted to the viral statement from Hardik Pandya after defeating Delhi in the ITL 2023

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On 4 April 2023, Hardik Pandya and his men took on Delhi at the Arun Jaitley stadium in the ongoing Indian T20 League. After defeating Chennai in their season opener, Gujarat were looking for their second-straight win of the season. However, they managed to do so as they defeated David Warner and his men by six wickets. 

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Sai Sudharsan won the Player of the Match award for his 62*-run knock while chasing 163 runs. But, after the match, the skipper Hardik Pandy looked happy and shared his views on the victory. He also claimed that Sudharsan is going to do wonders for this franchise in the upcoming two years. 

“I’d rather land the first punch than take the first punch.” - Hardik Pandya

While speaking at the post-match presentation, Hardik Pandya said: “He (Sai Sudharsan) is been batting terrifically. Credit to the support staff and to him as well. The amount of batting he’s done in the last 15 days, all the result you see is all his hard work. Going forward, if I’m not wrong, in two years, he’ll do something great for franchise cricket and eventually for India”.

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He also said that it was quite funny the way they gave 15-20 runs extra in the powerplay overs while bowling. “It is my instinct. I like to back myself. I’d rather back me and fall down than taking others’ decision. I’d rather land the first punch than take the first punch. It was little funny at the start. We didn’t know what was happening but something was happening. We gave away 15-20 runs more in the powerplay. But our bowlers did well to bounce back,” Pandya concluded.

Speaking of the match, Delhi batted first and scored 162 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Gujarat chased down the target in 18.1 overs with six wickets to spare. Hardik Pandya conceded 18 runs in three overs without any wickets while scoring only five runs off four balls with the bat. 

Hearing such a bold statement from Pandya, fans have trolled him brutally, and here are some tweets:

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