These days, Hardik Pandya does not miss a single opportunity to express his love. Hardik played a stormy inning of 63 runs in the India-South Africa fifth T20 match played in Ahmedabad. In the match, he scored fifty in 16 balls. This was the second fastest half-century by an Indian in T20 cricket. After this fifty, he expressed his love and sent a flying kiss to his girlfriend Mahika Sharma, who was sitting in the audience.
Hardik Pandya hit 5 fours and 5 sixes in his innings of 63 runs. After completing his half-century, Hardik’s videos and pictures are going viral, in which he is seen giving a flying kiss to Mahika Sharma. These pictures and videos have created a stir on social media. In response, his girlfriend Mahika Sharma also made the atmosphere pleasant by sending a flying kiss to Hardik.
This is also Hardik’s fastest fifty in T20 cricket. Earlier, while playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2019, he had scored a fifty in 17 balls in the match against KKR. Now, in the fifth T20 match against South Africa, he has improved his personal record by scoring fifty in 16 balls.
Hardik Pandya’s flying kiss steals the show!
Spotted with girlfriend Mahieka Sharma cheering wildly from the stands – goals!#HardikPandya #INDvSA
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Second fastest half century for India
The record of scoring the fastest half-century for India is in the name of Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj had scored fifty in 12 balls in the match against England in T20 World Cup 2007. After him, the fastest half-century in international T20 cricket has now gone to the name of Hardik Pandya (16 balls). At third place comes Abhishek Sharma, who has scored a fifty in 17 balls in T20 International cricket.
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