IPL 2019: Hardik Pandya Does a MS Dhoni During Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, Plays Helicopter Shot to Perfection | WATCH VIDEO

IPL 2019: Hardik Pandya seems to have made the helicopter shot his own. He played it twice during KKR vs MI twice and on both occasions, he timed it perfectly. It was a day when whatever he touched turned to gold. Pandya smashed the fastest fifty of the season in 177 balls. Chasing a mammoth 233, the highest total of the season, Hardik came in at a point when the run rate required per over was touching 10. Hardik got started from the outset as he smashed the ball to all parts. Hardik Pandya smashed a breathtaking 34-ball 91.

Here is his version of the helicopter shot:

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https://t.co/g87mq34Em1 #KKRvMI pic.twitter.com/FQIWGfULmv

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 28, 2019

Pandya’s innings was laced with nine humongous sixes and six fours.

Earlier in the day, promoted to No. 3 for the first time this season, Andre Russell smashed a typically whirlwind 80* while Shubman Gill and Chris Lynn also slammed half-centuries to help Kolkata Knight Riders post an imposing 232/2 — the highest total in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) — against Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens on Sunday.

One of the innings of the #IPL. 91(34). 9×6, 6×4. There was a distant whiff while he was in #HardikPandya https://t.co/IzsxIekHDp

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 28, 2019

Needing a victory to even dream of a berth in the playoffs, KKR were off to a flying start riding on Lynn (54; 29 balls, 4×8, 6×2) and Gill’s (76; 45 balls, 4×6, 6×4) 96-run opening stand which came off just 57 deliveries. Gill’s chanceless knock was also his highest T20 score.

At the time of filing the copy, Mumbai was 187/6 in the 19th over. Russell was brilliant with the ball as well, as he scalped two wickets and conceded 25 runs in his four overs quota.