ENG vs IND | Hardik Pandya emulates Yuvraj Singh with sensational all-round show in 1st T20I vs England
Hardik Pandya’s excellent all-spherical clearly show gave India the higher hand in the very first T20I in opposition to Jos Buttler’s India. Not only did Hardik score a half-century, but also picked three wickets.
Hardik Pandya celebrates a wicket towards England. (Courtesy: Reuters)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Hardik Pandya provided the Indian innings with impetus as wickets fell on the other stop
- India scored a full of 198 runs
- Hardik Pandya touched Yuvraj Singh in a rare list of Indian cricketers
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya reached the scarce double of 50 percent-century and 3-wickets in a single T20I match, becoming only the 2nd Indian participant to attain the report after Yuvraj Singh. The former Indian cricketer was the initial Indian to touch the distinctive file in 2009/10 sequence vs Sri Lanka, where by the left-hander entertained his dwelling crowd at Mohali.
It took really some time for a different Indian to attain the feat, but it was eventually managed by Hardik Pandya, who has been in blistering variety since his return into the cricketing fold, just after a extended fight with again harm.
After India chose to bat to start with in the opening T20I, Pandya scored a crucial half century in the center buy. His 51 off 33 balls, retained the group racing as the other batsmen held receiving out in spite of getting great begins. Partnering up with the likes of Suryakumar Yadav and Axar Patel, Pandya extra swift operates to retain India’s threshold over 10 runs for every over. At the time of receiving out, he had India at 180/6 in 18.4 overs.
India concluded at 198/8 after their 20 overs and arrived out to defend it with superior zeal. Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave India a big breakthrough in the first about by taking the wicket of Jos Buttler but from there it was all about Hardik Pandya.
In his to start with above, he took two wickets, 1st by castling Dawid Malan and the creating a major edge from the unsafe Liam Livingstone. If that was not sufficient, Pandya dismissed Jason Roy as nicely,, who never really acquired going on the working day.
With Hardik Pandya breaking the back again of the English assault, the hosts hardly ever located the momentum to access the 199 goal, despite batting on a wonderful deck at Southampton.
At the time of crafting, 50 % the English aspect experienced long gone again residence in the 13th over, and Moeen Ali was batting together with newcomer Sam Curran.
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