Watch: Hardik Pandya caught cussing on stump mic for not getting water during Ind vs SL 2nd ODI

Hardik Pandya (Source: Twitter)

After taking a 1-0 lead against Sri Lanka in the first ODI, the ‘Men-in-Blue’ took on Sri Lanka in the second ODI at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to bat first. Sri Lanka had a good start to their innings as debutant Nuwanidu Fernando scored a half-century. Amid all the cricketing action, all-rounder Hardik Pandya was heard screaming at one of his teammates and using profane language during the first innings.

At the end of 15 overs, Sri Lanka’s score was 88-1 with Kusal Mendis on 26 runs in 30 balls whereas Nuwanidu Fernando was on 37 runs in 43 balls. During the drinks break, Hardik was fumed up on the Indian dugout for not offering him water. The video of the incident has gone viral on social media.

Watch the video here:

Absolute shame @hardikpandya7

Nigga Hardik Pandya abused innocent Washi Sundar. Shame 💔pic.twitter.com/1v3aPjY5YE

— Immy|| 🇮🇳 (@TotallyImro45) January 12, 2023

Coming back to the match, Sri Lanka lost their opener Avishka Fernando early in the innings on the score of 29 as Mohammed Siraj struck for India. From there on, debutant Nuwanidu Fernando and Kusal Mendis took the innings forward with a 73-run stand. The partnership was ended by Kuldeep Yadav in the 17^th over who trapped Kusal Mendis in front of the stumps.

Axar Patel struck the third blow for India in the next over as he got rid of Dhananjaya De Silva. Sri Lanka were in all sorts of trouble as the set batter Fernando also got run out in the 22^nd over leaving his team on 118/4.

Kuldeep Yadav continued his onslaught from the other end and picked up the crucial wicket captain Dasun Shanaka who scored an unbeaten century in the first ODI.

Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav picked up three wickets each

At 152/7, it looked like Sri Lanka will get bundled out under 200. However, some crucial runs by the tail helped Sri Lanka finish on 215 as they got all out in 39.4 overs. Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav picked up three wickets each while Umran Malik picked up two.

In reply to Sri Lanka’s total, India got off to a decent start to their chase as openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill added 33 runs for the first wicket in five overs. However, they both got out in space of four balls to bring Sri Lanka back in the game. India were 52/2 after 8 overs with Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer at the crease.