IND vs SA: Hardik Pandya close to becoming a great all-rounder, will become the first Indian player to do so

Hardik Pandya May Achieve Milestone: A five-match T20 series will be played between India and South Africa. The third match of this series will be played in Dharamshala on 14 December. In this match, Indian team’s star all-rounder player Hardik Pandya can achieve a big achievement. Hardik Pandya can also complete his 2000 T20 International runs and 100 wickets in this match.

32-year-old Hardik Pandya has scored 1,939 runs and taken 99 wickets in 96 innings of 122 T20 matches, scoring 6 half-centuries. Hardik Pandya needs 61 runs to complete 2000 runs in T20 International in Dharamsala. At the same time, he is just 1 wicket away from completing 100 wickets in T20 International. If Hardik Pandya manages to take 61 runs and one wicket in the third match, then he will become the first Indian player to take 2000 runs and 100 wickets in T20 International.

Hardik Pandya will become the third bowler to take 100 wickets

Hardik Pandya will complete 100 wickets by taking 1 wicket in this match. He will become the third Indian bowler to complete 100 wickets in T20 International for India. Before Hardik, Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah have achieved this feat. Jasprit Bumrah had achieved the feat of taking 100 wickets in the first match of this series itself.

Shakib can be included in Nabi’s list

Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya now has a golden opportunity to register his name in the list of most successful all-rounders of T20 cricket. As he reaches the mark of 2,000 T20 runs and 100 T20 wickets, he will join former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan, former Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi and current Zimbabwe T20 captain Sikandar Raza in this exclusive club.

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Shakib Al Hasan has scored 2,551 runs and taken 149 wickets in 129 T20 matches, which includes 13 half-centuries. Mohammad Nabi has scored 2,417 runs in 145 T20 matches, taking 104 wickets and scoring 7 half-centuries. Sikandar Raza scored 2,883 runs in 127 T20 matches and took 102 wickets. During this period, he has also scored 1 century and 16 half-centuries. Hardik Pandya now has a chance to leave these three greats behind and move ahead on the path of becoming the world’s most successful T20 all-rounder.