Hardik Pandya is parody account of Jacques Kallis: Twitter roasts 'star all-rounder' after England Test series defeat

India was handed its third consecutive series defeat against England as it was bowled out for 184 runs in the fourth Test at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, giving the hosts an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.

While everyone searched for someone to pin the blame on for yet another overseas Test series defeat, fans on social media reckoned Hardik Pandya must be dropped from the Indian team immediately.

Barring one five-wicket haul, the all-rounder has hardly had any impact on the series. Michael Holding had earlier said that he doesn't rate Pandya as a quality Test all-rounder and after the 24-year-old's duck on Sunday, fans on Twitter seemed to agree with the legendary West Indian fast-bowler.

Here are some tweets

Once upon a time India's No. 6 batsman was the legendary Laxman. Now, it is Hardik Pandya. This inglorious fall of the batting middle order is unacceptable. Bahut ho gaya nautanki!

— Sohini (@Mittermaniac) September 2, 2018

KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya exchanging t-shirts as a mark of respect for each other's performances today #EngvInd pic.twitter.com/YepwmRHSVV

— Amitesh (@_amiteshSingh_) September 2, 2018

India played 8 Tests this year, so far. Only player to feature in all the 8 is Hardik Pandya. That's a serious backing a player can get, by Kohli's standards.

— Ravi Maestri (@ravimaestri) September 2, 2018

#ENGvIND
England has 4 All-rounder:
▪ Ben Stokes
▪ Chris Woakes
▪ Sam Curran
▪ Moeen Ali

All capable of winning Matches with both their Bowling & Batting.

And, we ?
We have our Star Model, Hardik Pandya, who seems like a bowler while batting & like a batsman while bowling. pic.twitter.com/VUuz72ESOq

— Brutal Batsman (@BrutalBatsman) September 2, 2018

Whenever somebody says, Hardik Pandya is today's Kapil Dev of test matches.. pic.twitter.com/K7gAbzTMJC

— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) September 2, 2018

Hardik Pandya has played all test matches in England. He is in team as a Batsman, Bowler or Showstopper ? 

— WINGS OF FIRE (@shenoy70) September 3, 2018

Hardik Pandya is like the parody account of Jacques Kallis #ENGvIND

— Abhishek  #408 (@ImAbhishek7_) September 2, 2018

What is hardik pandya's strongest strength? For example if you take away bowling from stokes he still can play as specialist batsman and vice versa, woakes if you take away batting from him can still play as pure bowler. Where does pandya stand in tests??? Not convincing yet

— The Gamechanger (@tarun_0707) September 2, 2018

Proud to share that KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya and I have contributed equally in this inning.

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) September 2, 2018

We Need A Proper Middle Order Batsman At No. 6. Hardik Pandya Is Not Meant For It. When Will Team India Realise It? #IndvsEng #INDvENG #ENGvIND

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadejaaaa) September 2, 2018

Jadeja is a better spinner than Ashwin on a turning pitch. Also, Kick out Hardik Pandya from the test team. After all, Michael Holding was right.

— Raghava (@raghava216) September 3, 2018

The day's play started with England's score at 260 for the loss of eight wickets, with 20-year-old Sam Curran and Stuart Broad helping England add another 11 runs. Mohammed Shami dismissed Broad and a run out accounted for Curran's dismissal, setting up a challenging target of 245 for the visitors to keep the series alive.

The Indian innings started with the prevalent theme of disappointment for the openers as James Anderson and Broad got England off to the perfect start. KL Rahul (0 from 7) was sent back to the pavilion with Broad knocking over his stumps, and Cheteshwar Pujara (5 from 14), the star of India's first innings who scored an unbeaten 132 runs, quickly followed him after Anderson trapped him LBW.

India soon found themselves in a spot of bother as they lost their third for just 22 runs, with Shikhar Dhawan's wicket picked up by Anderson. Indian skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy Ajinkya Rahane then calmed the storm and partnered a 101-run stand to steer India away from trouble and give the visitors a chance to register their second win and keep the series alive.

However, Moeen Ali, the pick of the bowlers with a combined nine wickets to his name in the two innings, broke the partnership as he send the formidable Indian captain back to the pavilion. A ball brushed off Kohli's glove giving Alastair Cook at short leg an easy catch to end Kohli's 58-run knock.

With Kohli's wicket, India's hopes in the match and the series faded away as England got rid of the visitor's middle order and the tail end with consummate ease. Ali, who was named the man of the match, send Rahane (51), Rishab Pant (18) and Shami (8) packing while Ben Stokes dismissed Pandya and Ishant Sharma (0) before the innings was wrapped up by Curran as he trapped Ravichandran Ashwin (25) LBW.

The series defeat also marked the first instance where Kohli lost back-to-back Test series as captain since he took over the role from M. S. Dhoni in 2014, after the 2-1 defeat in South Africa in January. The fifth and final Test match will be played on September 7 at the Oval cricket ground in London. India's next series will see them travel to Australia in November for a three-match T-20I series, a four-match test series and a three-match ODI series.

(Inputs from ANI)