IND vs PAK: Hardik's action.. Babar Azam was upset..!?

Hardik Pandya waved off Pakistan's leading batsman Babar Azam by saying "Bye, Bye". This incident is spreading rapidly among fans on social media. Babar Azam left upset. The 2025 Champions Trophy match between india and pakistan was held in Dubai. In this match, pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq opened the innings. While Babar Azam has not been playing well recently, there was an expectation that he would score runs against india in this match. Accordingly, he scored 23 runs in 26 balls. While the fans thought that he was playing at a good strike rate, he was caught by wicketkeeper rahul in the ninth over of the match bowled by hardik Pandya.
After taking the wicket, hardik pandya made a slight gesture of "Bye, Bye" to Babar Azam. The video footage immediately spread on social media. Many fans are celebrating this. Already, there is criticism that Babar Azam does not score runs properly. He had tested his half-century in 81 balls in the match against New Zealand. Now, having been dismissed for 23 runs, hardik pandya has sent him on his way. Also, hardik pandya has made a turning point by taking wickets in important matches against pakistan before. He has made some similar gestures then too. Those gestures are also popular among the fans. Earlier, during the 2022 t20 World Cup, hardik pandya would have laughed and mocked pakistan team player haider ali after taking his wicket. It went viral among the fans at that time.

Later, during the 2024 t20 World Cup, he would have taken the wicket of pakistan team Shadab Khan raised his shoulders, and gestured as if "This is nothing". That too became popular among the fans. Many people turned it into a meme and used it. Now, after taking Babar Azam's wicket in the 2025 Champions Trophy, hardik pandya is gesturing "Bye, bye" at him.
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Sowmiya Sriram

23/02/2025 04:56 PM