'Jonny Baby, Teri Meri...': Hardik Pandya Sings For Bairstow After GT Win | Watch

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Last Updated:May 31, 2025, 15:31 IST

MI skipper Hardik Pandya funnily sang praises of debutant Jonny Bairstow aft his fantastic sound successful the IPL 2025 Eliminator, leaving the Englishman confused.

Hardik Pandya (L) and Jonny Bairstow aft MI's stunning triumph successful IPL 2025 Eliminator. (PC: X/MumbaiIndians)

Captain Hardik Pandya showed his hilarious singing skills successful a post-game chat with Mumbai Indians debutant Jonny Bairstow connected Friday, May 30. As the destructive opener smashed the Gujarat Titans and played his portion successful MI’s magnificent triumph successful the IPL 2025 Eliminator, Pandya sang his praises and near the Englishman puzzled with the Hindi lyrics from the movie Baby John.

“What a debut! Jonny! Jonny!! Jonny Baby! Teri meri hai kahaani (it’s a communicative of you and me)… New chapter," said Pandya successful an amusing post-match clip posted by the Mumbai Indians, leaving Bairstow perplexed.

The England wicketkeeper-batter past joined successful the fun, stating helium was unsure what the MI skipper had conscionable said, but helium would inactive rotation along. “Not definite astir it, but we’ll spell with it," said Bairstow, earlier Pandya told him: “It’s a Hindi song."

The comic chat underlined Pandya’s salutations for Bairstow’s spectacular debut successful MI colours arsenic his fruitful IPL instrumentality saw the 35-year-old play a captious sound of 47 successful the archetypal innings. Called successful arsenic a replacement subordinate for Ryan Rickelton during the concern extremity of the tournament, Bairstow pressed location his match-winning prowess wrong the powerplay.

The assertive right-hander blasted 4 boundaries and 3 sixes during his sound and shared a pivotal opening basal of 84 runs with the experienced Rohit Sharma.

The concern gave MI beardown momentum arsenic the five-time champions posted a gigantic 228/6. While Rohit fetched applause for his tremendous 81, Bairstow emerged arsenic an underrated leader for his team’s triumph, taking MI a measurement person to winning their sixth IPL title.

Later on, helium spoke astir his nerves during the large game, too.

“Yeah, it’s been amazing. Obviously, to get the telephone telephone retired to articulation the Mumbai Indians was 1 happening and past evidently for them to suffice to play tonight, spell to Ahmedabad and the momentum that we person got is fantastic," Bairstow said. “There’s ever nerves, nary substance who you are. When you play successful immoderate game. I deliberation that’s the quality of it. Those nerves, if channelled successful the close way, tin bring the champion retired of you," helium added.

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