India, May 7 -- Sunil Gavaskar was not impressed with Hardik Pandya's decision to choose Deepak Chahar over himself to bowl the final over against Gujarat Titans in the rain-affected match. Chahar had a task to defend 15 runs off the last over with Rahul Tewatia and Gerald Coetezee in the middle, but he failed to restrict them as GT won the last-ball thriller. The loss put Mumbai Indians in a tricky position in the playoffs race as they are currently placed at the fourth spot with 14 points.

Gavaskar criticised Hardik for not backing himself for the crucial over as he has delivered in such situations in the past on big stages, including the T20 World Cup final last year against South Africa.

"As I explained earlier, because of the fact ...