New Delhi. Hardik Pandya, who is known to the world for his stormy batting, showed such a game on Sunday that even his fans were forced to criticize him. This all-rounder, who captained Team India till a few months ago, batted two and a half courses for nine days in the T20 match. Although Hardik Pandya remained on the field for 12 overs, his batting style could be understood only in the last two overs. Hardik Pandya played 11 balls in the last 2 overs and scored six runs. This batting of Hardik forced everyone from cricket fans to experts to think about what he wanted.
The second ODI match between India and South Africa was played on Sunday. India had won the first ODI match in a very spectacular manner. For this reason, Indian fans had great expectations in the second ODI match also. However, the batsmen of the Indian team did not live up to this expectation. Like the first match, South Africa won the toss in the second ODI and asked India to bat first. This time India had a bad start and South Africa took 4 wickets within 45 runs. On this score Hardik Pandya came on the field.
Hardik Pandya is considered the finisher and troubleshooter of the current Team India. He has often rescued Team India from trouble. But in the second T20 match, he showed such a performance that everyone was surprised. Hardik Pandya entered the field after Tilak Verma was out on the last ball of the 8th over. After this he remained on the field till the end and returned unbeaten. Hardik Pandya faced 45 balls during this period and could score only 39 runs. When every run was of great importance for India, he was seen refusing to take a single.
Hardik Pandya scored 39 runs in 45 balls.
Hardik Pandya hit 4 fours and 1 six in his innings of 45 balls. The special thing is that when Indian fans were expecting Hardik Pandya to increase his run rate, he was playing dot ball. Guess what, Hardik Pandya could not score any runs on the first four balls of the 20th over. During this, he played two such shots in which he could have been out. That means he got the lease of life. After this he scored six runs on the last two balls. Hardik hit a four on the last ball, due to which India scored 124 runs for 6 wickets.
Hardik’s innings is at third place in terms of scoring runs with the lowest strike rate after playing more than 40 balls. He scored 39 runs at a strike rate of 86.44. Ishan Kishan holds the record for scoring the least runs playing less than 40 balls. Ishan Kishan scored 35 runs in 42 balls against West Indies in 2022. During this period his strike rate was 83.33.
Tags: Hardik Pandya, India vs South Africa
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 10, 2024, 22:31 IST
