India allrounder Hardik Pandya starred with each bat and ball to assist the Males in Blue thrash England within the first T20I on Thursday.
Hardik Pandya, on Thursday, proved his price once more as he performed a key function in India’s dominating 50-run win over England within the first T20I. Pandya first made his mark with the bat, scoring a quickfire fifty to assist Workforce India put up a aggressive whole.
He scored 51 runs off simply 33 balls because the guests scored 198 for 8 within the allotted 20 overs. He got here out to bat when India have been on 89 for 3 within the ninth over. With momentum on India’s facet, Pandya ensured that the group remained on track for a giant whole.
He misplaced companions at common intervals however remained agency from his finish to take the group to the massive whole. On the time of getting out, he had India at 180/6 in 18.4 overs. His spectacular knock was studded with 6 fours and one six.
Other than Pandya, no different Indian batsmen managed to the touch or cross the 40-run mark. The likes of Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Deepak Hooda acquired the begins however did not capitalise.
After the fireworks with the bat, Pandya shone with the bat. The suitable-arm pacer picked up 4 wickets to derail England’s chase. In his first over, he took two wickets to place India nicely on high. The Gujarat star castled Dawid Malan for his first wicket earlier than dismissing the damaging Liam Livingstone.
In his subsequent over, he despatched again Jason Roy to depart England reeling at 33 for 4. Later, he despatched again Sam Curran too to complete the sport with spectacular figures of 4 for 33.
Hardik Pandya creates historical past:
Because of the all spherical show in opposition to England, Hardik Pandya created historical past. He grew to become the first-ever India participant to attain a fifty and take 4 wickets in the identical T20I match.
Previous to Pandya, legendary Yuvraj Singh held the file of the most effective all spherical show by an Indian in T20Is. Yuvraj had scored a fifty and picked up three wickets in opposition to Sri Lanka in 2009/10.
