'That was selfish by Venkatesh Iyer': Netizens express ire over Andre Russell's disastrous runout against MI

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ALSO READ: Ahead of MI vs KKR match, Suryakumar Yadav offers new bat to Sunil Narine. Watch Following the mix up and Russell was run out, netizens took to X and expressed their feelings: A netizens wrote, “Mishap between Venkatesh Iyer and Andre Russell and Hardik Pandya grabs the Opportunity." Another lauded Pandya and wrote, “2 important wickets of Narine and Pandey, ran out Andre Russell. Keep the boos coming, Hardik keeps silencing you with his performances." A social media user accused Iyer for being selfish, “The game situation demanded Venkatesh Iyer to sacrifice his wicket.

And let Andre Russell add at least 25 more runs than where Iyer could take his side to. My runs vs the need of my team." Similar emotions were expressed by another social media user: “Brother Venkatesh..thank you for thinking that, at 57(41) and Bumrah's 12 balls left, you're the more important on the crease over Andre Russell. You just can't take the aggregator mentality out of a South Asian batter." Another netizen commented, "The difference between 165 and 190 for KKR was that Andre Russell run out.