FACT CHECK: Hardik Pandya FIXED Final Over During MI vs CSK IPL 2024 Match at Wankhede
Hardik had conceded 26 runs in the final over in which MS Dhoni hit him for three sixes.
Mumbai: Hardik Pandya has been facing the heat ever since he took over the captaincy of Mumbai Indians. The results have not gone as per plan and that has not helped Hardik’s scenario. Now, there is a claim that Hardik has been involved in match-fixing. A news channel named ‘ABN’ news has claimed that Hardik fixed the final over versus the Super Kings and an investigation is underway. Well, nothing can be confirmed over this as this is the only channel that is making such a claim. Hardik had conceded 26 runs in the final over in which MS Dhoni hit him for three sixes.
Here is the clip in which the tall claim is made.
CSK vs MI match fixing
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“It (target) was definitely gettable, but they bowled pretty well. Pathirana was the difference. They were smart with the plans and their approach. They got the hang of it, there’s a man behind the stumps (Dhoni) who tells them what’s working, that helps. It (pitch) was holding up a bit and getting difficult. It was about batting well and keeping the intent,” Pandya said at the post-match presentation after CSK beat MI by 20 runs.
Meanwhile, MI take on Rajasthan tonight in Jaipur.
The two teams have played each other 29 times in the IPL. The Royals have been victorious on 13 occasions, with the MI winning 15. One match was abandoned.
RR Probable XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen/Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal. [Impact sub: Nandre Burger/Keshav Maharaj]
MI Probable XI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal, Jasprit Bumrah. [Impact sub: Akash Madhwal]