IPL 2022: Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda hug as LSG teammates a 12 months after spat, video goes viral

IPL 2022: Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda, who had an unpleasant spat final 12 months, shared a hug after the latter took a catch for Lucknow Super Giants of their season opener towards Gujarat Titans on Monday.

IPL 2022: Foes flip mates as Krunal and Deepak hug as LSG teammates (AFP Photo)

Indian Premier League has usually proved to be a platform the place cricketers get to know one another properly. Some much-talked-about rivals have was mates sharing a dressing room within the Indian T20 league. Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds have been prime instance of nationwide workforce rivals burying the hatchet and dealing collectively within the IPL.

On Monday, it was Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda’s time to bury the hatchet as they turned as much as play for Lucknow Super Giants of their IPL 2022 opener towards Gujarat Titans. The former Baroda teammates shared a hug after Hooda took a catch to dismiss Shubman Gill in Gujarat’s chase of 159 on the Wankhede Stadium.

Krunal applauded the catch from Deepak because the left-hander patted the all-rounder after the catch within the first over.

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The video of Krunal and Deepak sharing a hug on the iconic venue went viral as followers on social media. If you are questioning what’s so particular in two teammates embracing one another after a wicket, it is the ugly spat between Krunal and Deepak that made headlines final 12 months.

BEST HUG OF THE DECADE.

Hooda x Krunal #GTvLSG#TataIPL2022 pic.twitter.com/7OSPNPxx5V

— Neel Patel (@NeelPatel189) March 28, 2022

Hooda had a tumultuous final season at Baroda and was suspended after he left the workforce’s bio-bubble forward of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 match following a spat with workforce captain Krunal. Hooda claimed that he was being “bullied” by Krunal which is why he left.

Notably, Hooda give up Baroda state workforce and joined Rajasthan for the white-ball home match earlier this 12 months.

Earlier within the day, Deepak Hooda led Lucknow Super Giants fightback after they have been diminished to 32/4 following a surprising new-ball spell from Mohammed Shami. Hooda hit 55 from simply 41 balls, smashing 2 sixes and 6 boundaries.

Hooda stitched an 87-run stand with 22-year-old Ayush Badoni, who made his IPL debut for Lucknow on Monday.

The Baroda all-rounder has been in positive kind within the current previous. Hooda made his India debut earlier this 12 months within the ODI sequence towards West Indies at dwelling and was a part of the T20I squad for the Sri Lanka sequence that adopted.