Hardik Pandya destroys new CSK bowler, slams 4 continuous sixes, scores an excellent fifty

The IPL 2025 Mega-auction recently got over and fans across the globe are really excited for the forthcoming edition of the best T20 League in the world. While there is still a lot of time left for the next edition to start, some star players of the Indian Cricket Team are taking part in the currently ongoing edition of the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and they are wrecking havoc. 

The likes of Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer and Mohammed Shami are playing in this competition and while the duo of Iyer and Rahane played some aggressive knocks on Wednesday, Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya was seen at his vintage best, playing a quickfire knock of 69 runs in just 30 deliveries. 

Representing the team of Baroda, Junior Pandya's stormy-inning helped his side secure a thrilling nail-biting win versus Tamil Nadu in the Group E encounter. 

During his inning of 69 runs, the 31-year-old smashes four good-looking fours and seven huge maximums. Five of these huge sixes were hit off the bowling of two new players acquired by five-time IPL winners Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for huge amounts in the recently concluded Mega-auction. 

Hardik Smashed Gurjapneet all over the park

The team of Tamil Nadu, batting first, put up a mammoth score of 221 runs for the loss of six-wickets in 20 overs. Wicket-keeper batsman scored a brilliant fifth, while Fast bowling all-rounder Vijay Shankar played a good looking quick fire inning of 42 runs in 22 deliveries. Shankar's services have been acquired by the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led team for a price of 1.20 crore Indian Rupees in the recently concluded Mega-auction. 

However, despite the Shahrukh Khan-led team putting up a 200+ runs score on the scoreboard, Hardik didn't give up. At one point in the match, Baroda were struggling at 152/6 but following the destructive batting display of the Junior Pandya, Baroda managed to execute a comeback and got themselves back in the match. 

The duo of Atit Seth and Raj Limbani guided the Krunal Pandya-led team to victory. The former hit a magnificent boundary on the final delivery of the contest. Pandya smacked the duo of Gurjapneet Singh and Vijay Shankar, the new signings of Chennai Super, to all parts of the ground. CSK signed seamer Gurjapneet Singh in the recent Mega-auction for a sum of 2.20 Crore Indian Rupees

Baroda ride on Hardik's quickfire half-century to seal the victory

Pandya hit a total of four big maximums and a boundary off the bowling of Gurjapneet Singh and a total of 29 runs were scored off the bowling of the youngster. 

Following this, Pandya didn't disable his rampage mode and continued to wreck havoc as he smashed 18 runs off the bowling of Vijay Shankar and these overs helped the Baroda based team make a comeback in the match. The 31-year-old was also in a good Nick with both bat and ball in Team India's recent T20 International series versus South Africa.