‌SL vs IND | Twitter reacts as Matheesha Pathirana produces threatening yorker to clean up Hardik Pandya

Winning the toss and electing to field first backfired for the Sri Lankan captain initially as Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill garnered the hard new ball to notch up 74 runs inside the powerplay. Suryakumar Yadav’s quick fifty followed and India’s net run-rate was upsurging leaps and bounds. Subsequently, the ploy to bring Matheesha Pathirana worked well for the hosts as Hardik Pandya’s dismissal highlighted the pacer’s impact with the ball in the contest. 

Despite Surya laying the foundation for a 220-plus total, new batter Hardik failed to continue the momentum. In the ninth ball that the all-rounder faced, he struck a four off Pathirana before the bowler produced a lethal yorker to have the last laugh. Pandya made early room to go for a slog down the ground on a yorker but failed to connect it with the bat, hearing the death’s knell. Pathirana is well known for his toe-crushing yorkers and using it at the right time summoned the Twitterverse’s attention.

Illegal delivery

— Gill Bill (@bill_gill76078) 

Perfect yorker

Hardik Pandya out on 9(10). Perfect smearing Yorker by Pathirana at 151 kmph. 

— Avesh Yadav (@Aveshyadav) 

At 151 kmp/hr

 bowling in 151 kmp/hr 🤯🥵 

— Venkat (@vengat_JVR23) 

Dismissed

Hardik Pandya dismissed        

— Zafar Iqbal (@zafarlakarmar) 

At his best

151kmph Yorker, by Pathirana... Youngster at his best🔥💯      

— Akshit Bhardwaj (@CricwithAkshit) 

Good one

A Good Yorker from Pathirana against Hardik Pandya 

— Pandu Raju (@CSKianPaanduRaj) 

What a yorker

151 KMPH YORKER FROM PATHIRANA TO DISMISSED HARDIK PANDYA .  

— Saanvi sharma (@saanvi_029) 

Toe crushing

151 KPH toe crushing Yorker to dismiss Hardik Pandya🤯

— Raju Chaudhary (@raju_khoja) 

Please stop

STOP THIS PATHIRANA 😭 

— Yash (@CSKYash_) 

One of the greatest

This is illegal🥶

What else a batter can do to a 151kmph yorker!!!😖

Pathirana the Greatest!!!😭 

— AnishCSK💛 (@TheAnishh)