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Kolkata, April 29 (CRICKETNMORE): <\/strong> Swashbuckling Mumbai Indians (MI) all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who played a blistering 91-run knock against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) fixture, said he couldn't have done anything else apart from going from the word go.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Chasing a mammoth 233 at the Eden Gardens, MI lost wickets in a heap until Pandya came and single-handedly kept them in the hunt by getting his highest IPL score on Sunday. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

During the 34 balls he faced, the all-rounder smashed nine sixes and six fours and created jitters in the KKR dugout before getting out to Harry Gurney.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

It was the first time that Hardik had entered 90s in the IPL and was close to getting a three-figure mark. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I was just telling Krunal 'damn I am close to a hundred' that is something new for me," said Hardik in the post-match presentation ceremony. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

"The situation demanded to go all out and I was lucky enough everything was coming out, except the ball I got out. To be honest, with this kind of total you don't think much, just go out there and express yourself. I knew (Keiron) Pollard was there, I couldn't take time and I just wanted to enjoy the game," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The 25-year-old said it would have been much closer had his brother Krunal stayed with him a little more during the chase as then they could have taken the game deep.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I am just holding my shape pretty well and the confidence makes a huge difference. I knew something different had to happen, but it was difficult for one guy to keep going. If Krunal had got a couple, we would have been proper in the game. My plan was to get close to the total so that the run rate doesn't get affected," he said.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Hardik-Pandya4.jpg", "alt_img": "Hardik Pandya", "alt_title": "Hardik Pandya", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Situation demanded me to go all out,says Hardik Pandya On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "Kolkata, April 29 (CRICKETNMORE): \u00a0Swashbuckling Mumbai Indians (MI) all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who played a blistering 91-run knock against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Indian Premier League", "seo_keywords": "IPL 2019, Hardik Pandya", "tag": "", "tagging": "IPL 2019,Hardik Pandya,", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "situation-demanded-me-to-go-all-outsays-hardik-pandya", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "1315", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2019-04-29 13:25:38", "updated": "2019-04-29 14:33:00", "img_from": "\u00a9 IANS", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": "Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians, IPL 2019", "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2019-04-29 13:25:38", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2019-04-29 13:25:38", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/situation-demanded-me-to-go-all-outsays-hardik-pandya-47514" }