England vs India: Hardik Pandya hits his maiden T20I 50 %-century off 30 balls
ENG vs IND, 1st T20I, Hardik Pandya scored his maiden T20I fifty versus England in the initial game of the sequence at the Rose Bowl in Southmapton.
Hardik Pandya of India. Courtesy: AP
HIGHLIGHTS
- Hardik Pandya hits his maiden 50 in his 62nd T20I
- Hardik arrived at the milestone versus England in Southampton on Thursday
- Hardik was dismissed for 51 off 33 balls by Reece Topley
Hardik Pandya, on Thursday, July 7, smashed his maiden T20I 50 percent-century just after producing his debut way again in January 2016 against Australia at the Adelaide Oval. In his 62nd match for the Gentlemen in Blue, the suitable-hander got to his fifty against England in the initial T20I at the Rose Bowl in Southampton.
Prior to Thursday’s match, Pandya had a prime score of an unbeaten 42 off 22 balls against Australia back again in December 2020 at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground. As significantly as the ongoing recreation is concerned, Hardik came to bat just after India misplaced Deepak Hooda’s wicket with the rating at 89 for 3 in 8.4 overs.
From there on, he didn’t die wondering and saved enjoying his photographs. The veteran began with 3 wonderful fours off leg-spinner Callum Parkinson and appeared in fantastic contact ideal from the word go. He also received to 49 with a colossal six off the tweaker in excess of the extensive-off area.
Thereafter, he took a single by way of mid-off to get to the fifty percent-century. Nevertheless, a pair of balls later, he perished to left-arm rapidly bowler Reece Topley. Pandya miscued a shot and Harry Brook took an effortless catch at deep position.
Hardik acquired out after scoring 51 operates off 33 balls with the enable of six fours and a person six. On the again of Hardik’s knock, India racked up a huge rating of 198 for the reduction of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Apart from Pandya, Deepak Hooda and Suryakumar Yadav also chipped in with scores of 33 and 39 respectively.
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