Bengaluru, April 12: Back in January Deepak Hooda had been suspended by the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) for his indiscipline. Few months down, and Hooda silenced all with a quickfire 28-ball 64 to guide Punjab Kings to a strong total in their opening match of the IPL season.
Playing against Rajasthan Royals in their first match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season, Hooda along with Punjab skipper KL Rahul guided the Punjab Kings to a strong total at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
With his wonderful innings, Hooda silenced one and all after he had been suspended a few months back. The senior Baroda player had stormed out of the camp before the start of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Hooda had walked out on the even of the domestic tournament after a spat with Krunal Pandya.
Subsequently the player had been suspended by the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) for the rest of the domestic season.
Following his superb knock for the KL Rahul-led Punjab side, social media users lauded Hooda’s innings and Krunal Pandya bore the brunt of angry fans. Social media was filled with memes with fans lashing out at Pandya.
Here are some of the Twitter reactions after Hooda's knock:
Hoods saw Krunal Pandya in the ball #RRvPBKS pic.twitter.com/xP98Tp215u
— Indiranagar ka Gunda (@Nishant1404) April 12, 2021
*Meanwhile Krunal Pandya watching Deepak Hooda's performance in today's match*#RRvPBKS pic.twitter.com/d7wMyiN8OL
— The Sakt Memer (@TheSaktMemer) April 12, 2021
Can't wait to see this battle now between Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda🤩🤯#PBKS #PBKSvsRR pic.twitter.com/sf2ioYkDkc
— Soham (@Soham718) April 12, 2021
Krunal Pandya seen crying somewhere in his hotel room in chennai 🚶🏾♂️ https://t.co/xsiskpHoMX
— Jay (@SRisOverrated) April 12, 2021
Imagine Deepak Hooda going berserk with the bat against Krunal Pandya. I’ll be here for it. #IPL2021
— Sritama Panda (@cricketpun_duh) April 12, 2021
Life is Deepak Hooda and I'm Krunal Pandya!
— ً (@Abhishek_5harma) April 12, 2021
Krunal Pandya watching Hooda's inning:- pic.twitter.com/3enu3U9WRs
— 々TANGENT々 TeamVadaPaav ✨ (@pra_tea_k) April 12, 2021
Look at him so simplicity in
— Vkholic.meme (@_vishaaaaal_) April 12, 2021
his interview . how the fuck
can anyone abuse him ? krunal pandya 🤬 #PBKSvsRR pic.twitter.com/n59qZgMlb0
"Ya Krunal Pandya, that guy was polishing my shoes last night" pic.twitter.com/G74HmNp6vO
— Neil (@Milneristan) April 12, 2021
Baroda suspended Deepak Hooda for the entire domestic season after a spat with Krunal Pandya in January and he scores a 20-ball 50 in his first match since then... the right kind of motivation
— Ashish Magotra (@clutchplay) April 12, 2021