Former cricketer of team IndiaWasim Jaffer feels that the skipper of Mumbai Indians Hardik Pandya's decision to bowl the 20th over instead of AkashMadhwal in the Chennai Super Kings innings was a "debatable" decision. JaspritBumrah bowled the 19th over, which left Hardik with the option to bowl the final over or let AkashMadhwal finish off the innings for MI. Hardik took the mantle and ended up conceding 26 runs, which was laced with MS Dhoni'shat trick of sixes, which powered CSK to 206/4, which seemed like a far-fetched thought.

While chasing the target of 207, Hardik came out to bat when the asking rate was under 13. The MI skipper was expected to live up to his reputation as finisher. However, a bouncer from Tushar Deshpande sealed his trip back to the dressing room.

Jaffer said, “Well, I think if I have to criticise his captaincy, I think probably the 20th over he bowled that is debatable. I think he did well by not bowling spin to Dube. Batting wise, he could have done well. I can’t question his captaincy about it. I think only in the field the 20th over was debatable. Whether he should have bowled or AkashMadhwal, who is probably a better death bowler compared to Hardik.