Hardik Pandya slammed on Twitter

Mumbai: Indian star all-rounder Hardik Pandya slammed  by the cricket fans after he tweeted a video of him smashing former Indian bowler Zaheer Khan for a six in a match, on the latter's birthday. However, Khan came up with a befitting reply to Hardik's tweet.

Former left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan, who turned 41 on Monday, was flooded with wishes on Twitter from his former teammates and current Indian players, including Hardik's wish, which fans thought was disrespectful.

Here's what Hardik Pandya tweeted:

Happy birthday Zak ... Hope you smash it out of the park like I did here 🤪😂❤️❤️ @ImZaheer pic.twitter.com/XghW5UHlBy

— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) October 7, 2019

Zaheer Khan's befitting reply:

Hahahaha....thank you for the wishes @hardikpandya7 my batting skills can never be as good as yours but the birthday was as good as the next delivery you faced from me in this match 😉 https://t.co/anhQdrUBN7

— zaheer khan (@ImZaheer) October 8, 2019

Hardik's birthday wishes left fans unimpressed who slammed the 'Indian all-rounder' with replies on his video.

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A large number of fans found Hardik's wish 'disrespectful' and 'embarrassing' on the former World Cup winning left-arm pacer.

A Twitter user went ahead and shared a video clip of Zaheer Khan smashing then fastest bowler of the world, Brett Lee, into the stands for a stunning, straight down-the-ground maximum. 

ye video dekhle ek bar...Phir dobara wish karna pic.twitter.com/flSX14ZSfN

— Anant Choudhary (@Choudharydws) October 7, 2019

Iska dost bhi yehi bol raha Usko 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/s1HnqYal1C

— Aditya Vashistha (@Adi_vashisthaa) October 7, 2019

This is what happens when someone get fame and money so easily. Akad aur ghamand dekho jara. You have everything except manners and ethics. Kisi ne sach kaha h, paisa tameez nahi sikha sakta, wo in born quality hoti h aur no doubt you lack it.

— Aparna 💃 (@AppeFizzz) October 7, 2019

pic.twitter.com/U6tOQQLuPH

— Mask (@Mr_LoLwa) October 7, 2019

Earlier Hardik Pandya, who underwent successful surgery for his acute lower-back injury, has finally returned to his feet. The India all-rounder is currently on a break and is recovering from his prolonged injury that he suffered during the Asia Cup last September in UAE. 

He played the T20I series against South Africa earlier this month before being ruled out of the Test series because of the injury. He will miss the T20Is against Bangladesh as well. He is expected to be out of action of minimum 5 months.

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