IND vs PAK Champions Trophy 2025: Virat Kohli was close to his century against Pakistan, almost the same number of runs were needed to win. Then Hardik Pandya came on strike and started playing aggressive shots.
Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya
Source: PTI, Social Media
Memes on Hardik Pandya after Virat Kohli century vs Pakistan: Virat Kohli played a historic innings of 100 runs against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy match. With this innings, he also completed 14 thousand runs in his ODI career. Kohli was looking in good form, he was playing good shots and was moving towards his century easily. However, the heartbeat of the fans must have increased when Hardik Pandya came to bat. Some fans even say that if Hardik Pandya had not been out, Virat Kohli would not have scored a century.
Hardik Pandya came on the field after Shreyas Iyer was out. Then Kohli was close to his century. Team India needed a little more runs to win than the runs Kohli needed for a century. Hardik Pandya hit a four, he started playing the show in an aggressive manner. In such a situation, it was natural for Kohli fans to be scared. However, Hardik was caught out on Shaheen Afridi's ball after scoring 8 runs. After this, Akshar Patel, who came, did not try to play a big shot.
If Hardik Pandya had not been out, Virat Kohli would not have scored a century!
Similar reactions are coming from fans on social media. One user wrote, "My heart beat once in the entire match, when Hardik came to bat. If Hardik had played 2 overs, Virat Kohli would not have scored a century."
#INDvsPAK
— Incognito (@Incognito_qfs) February 23, 2025
Virat Kohli fans when they saw Hardik Pandya:
Walking in Walking out pic.twitter.com/37DtL6OcxX
Hardik Pandya when Virat Kohli scores a century pic.twitter.com/L4b5Q9tZwH
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) February 23, 2025
All credit for Virat Kohli's century goes to Hardik Pandya. If Hardik hadn't thrown his wicket away, Virat would've been stuck in the 80s.
— Nyaksha (@AstuteNyaksha) February 23, 2025
Sending Hardik Pandya ahead of Axar was clearly a plan in order to stop Virat Kohli from reaching his well deserved century ..!!
— Randeep¹⁸ (@Randeep621) February 23, 2025
P.S - it was not Rohit's decision
Virat Kohli Close to his Century
— Pulkit🇮🇳 (@pulkit5Dx) February 23, 2025
Hardik Pandya: pic.twitter.com/yoGiCblqJv
A user jokingly wrote, "When the heart wants to score a century, the whole universe gets involved in getting Hardik Pandya out. Many memes are going viral on social media about Hardik.
Pakistan on the verge of elimination after losing to India
After losing to India in the Champions Trophy, Pakistan is almost out of the tournament. Now if New Zealand defeats Bangladesh, then Pakistan will officially be out of the Champions Trophy 2025. Talking about the match, Pakistan was all out for 241 runs while batting first. Chasing the target, India won by 6 wickets with 45 balls to spare. Virat Kohli also completed his 82nd international century by hitting the winning four.
