Hardik Pandya T20I Record: The first match of the T20 series between India and South Africa is being played at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. In this match, Team India got the opportunity to bat first. The start of the Indian innings may not have been anything special, but Hardik Pandya took the responsibility in the middle order and batted explosively and took the team to a respectable score.
Hardik Pandya’s stormy innings
Hardik Pandya played a brilliant inning of 59 not out in just 28 balls in this match. His innings included six fours and four skyscraper sixes. Hardik, who came to the crease at a difficult time, adopted an aggressive approach and gave momentum to India’s innings by scoring runs quickly in the last overs. On the basis of his innings, Team India was successful in scoring 175 runs at the loss of six wickets in 20 overs.
Completed 100 sixes in T20 International
This innings became even more special for Hardik Pandya as he completed his 100 sixes in T20 International cricket. With this, Hardik became the fourth batsman for India to hit 100 or more sixes in this format. With this achievement, he made his place in the exclusive club of legendary batsmen.
Hardik’s entry in Rohit-Virat club
Rohit Sharma holds the record of hitting most sixes for India in T20 International. He is the only Indian batsman to hit more than 200 sixes in this format. Now Hardik Pandya’s name has also been added to this special list, which already includes many big stars.
Batsman who has hit most sixes in T20Is for India
- 205: Rohit Sharma
- 155: Suryakumar
- 124: Virat Kohli
- 100: Hardik Pandya
- 99: KL Rahul
Apart from Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma scored 26 runs in 32 balls, while Akshar Patel scored 23 runs in 21 balls. Abhishek Sharma also helped the team take over by adding 17 runs in 12 balls. Although the top order batsmen failed to play big innings, Hardik’s explosive batting in the lower order took India to a challenging score.
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Hardik Pandya’s T20 International statistics
Hardik Pandya made his T20 debut against Australia in 2016. He has played 121 T20 International matches so far. In bowling, he has taken 100 wickets in 108 innings at an average of 26.58 and his best performance has been 4 wickets for 16 runs. In batting, Hardik has scored 1919 runs in 95 innings at a strike rate of 141.01, which includes 6 half-centuries. His highest score is 71 runs.
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