Highlight
- The Gujarat Titans captain scored a quick half-century with the bat and took four crucial wickets.
- Pandya came at number five after India’s Deepak Hooda lost.
Hardik Pandya The first T20I took a breather against England as the Gujarat Titans captain scored a blistering half-century with the bat and took four crucial wickets, becoming the first Indian player to achieve the unique feat.
He has become only the 5th player in world cricket to achieve this feat. Other players to score half-centuries and take four wickets are Bravo, Hafeez, Shane Watson and Shinwari.
He came to No. 5 after India’s Deepak Hooda lost and the score read 89/3. Instead of consolidating the innings, he started hitting the bowlers all around the park and completed his half-century in 30 balls.
Driven by his half-century, India put up a whopping 198 on the board. Chasing 199, Hardik Pandya first came into the attack in the fourth over and sent both Malan and Livingstone into the packing, essentially taking steam off England’s chase.
He came back later to dismiss Curran and Roy and finished with figures of 4-4-32. As far as the match is concerned, India bundled out England for just 148 and won the match by 50 runs.
England playing XI
Jason Roy, if butler(w/c), David Malan, Moeen AliLiam Livingstone, Harry Brooke, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley, Matthew Parkinson
India playing XI
Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik(W), Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar KumarArshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal