'Peacock bowling to de Kock': Hardik Pandya colours his hair blue, Twitterati scratch their head

India's scintillating bowling performance in the second ODI against South Africa wasn't the only thing that took fans by surprise on Saturday. Hardik Pandya's funky new hair colour was the talk of the town too.

Yuzvendra Chahal's five-wicket haul might've helped the visitors shoot out the Proteas for a paltry 118 in Centurion, but it was Pandya's bright blue hair colour that had social media buzzing. The 24-year-old sported a dash of white in his hair for the longest time, but he replaced it with a striking blue on Saturday.

Pandya is known for his explosive game, flashy style and flashier attitude. Twitter was amused to say the least with the star Indian all-rounder's style statement.

Here are some tweets

Hardik Pandya has 2 different strategies for test & ODIs

1. Yellow hair for test.

2. Blue hair for ODIs#INDvSA

— Sunil- The Cricketer (@1sInto2s) February 4, 2018

Peacock bowling to de Kock. #INDvSA #pandya

— LOLendra Singh (@LOLendraSingh) February 4, 2018

Which is looking more beautiful/Impressive Hardik Pandya's new hair style or Scorecard showing South Africa team all out on just 118 runs? #INDvSA

— . (@AskTheSaurabh_) February 4, 2018

Chahal might have bowled Superbly but it is Hardik Pandya's blue streak which is going to be highlight of first half !!#INDvSA #SAvsIND #SAvIND 2nd ODI

— Boring... (@graphicalcomic) February 4, 2018

Fans: Bleed blue...
Pandya: Ye le BC. *Gets blue streaks*

— Ms. Glenlivet (@NautankiWali) February 4, 2018

Thing which stood out for India in first innings :

- Yuzvendra Chahal's clever wrist spin.

- Kuldeep Yadav's Chinaman

And Pandya's ugly hairstyle !!#INDvSA #SAvsIND #SAvIND 2nd ODI

— Boring... (@graphicalcomic) February 4, 2018

Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav crippled the batting line-up of South Africa in the Second ODI clash against India at SuperSport Park, Centurion. Chahal and Yadav took four and three wickets respectively, to dismiss South Africa's innings for 118 runs. 

Opener Hashim Amla, wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, Jean-Paul Duminy and Khaya Zondo were the only players which scored in the twenties. After a decent start, Yadav struck twice to dismiss skipper Aiden Markram and David Miller at 8 and 0 respectively. Chahal too continued the momentum and claimed a five-wicket haul, helping India to end proteas innings with a minimal score on board.

Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave India its first breakthrough to dismiss opener Hashim Amla at 23 runs. Bumrah also took two wickets in the innings. 

In-form Virat Kohli is in no mood to let South Africa equal the series and hence preferred to do what he is best at. The Indian skipper won the toss and opted to bowl against Proteas, a move signalling Kohli's desire to again chase the target.

In the first ODI, Kohli smashed a magnificent century along with Ajinkya Rahane, who scored 79 runs, added 189 runs and made a chase of 270 look ridiculously easy against a good South African bowling attack.  India leads the six-match ODI series by 1-0.

Coming back to the teams, South Africa have handed a debut to Khaya Zondo and have selected two wrist spinners, Imran Tahir and Tabriez Shamshi. Having suffered a huge setback due to regular skipper Faf du Plessis' injury, the Cricket South Africa today named 23-year-old batsman Aiden Markram as skipper for the remainder of the five-match ODI series against India For India, there were no changes.