Indian team's vice-captain and star all-rounder Hardik Pandya is in great form in the T20 World Cup. Hardik created a sensation with his first batting in the Super-8 match against Bangladesh on Saturday. After this, he performed brilliantly in bowling. Coming at number six, Hardik hit 4 fours and 3 sixes in 27 balls and scored an unbeaten 50 runs at a strike rate of 185.19.
After this, he performed brilliantly in bowling and achieved great success by dismissing Bangladesh opener Liton Das. With this, Hardik has written his name in the history of T20 World Cup. Hardik Pandya has become the first all-rounder of India to score more than 300 runs and take more than 20 wickets in the T20 World Cup.
Hardik Pandya is in great form
Hardik Pandya is in great form in this World Cup. He scored 32 runs in the match played against Afghanistan. He bowled brilliantly in the match against America and took 2 wickets for 14 runs. He also performed brilliantly against Pakistan. Hardik took 2 wickets for 24 runs. He showed his bowling prowess against Ireland. Pandya took 3 wickets for 27 runs against Ireland. Pandya has taken 8 wickets so far in this World Cup. While he has contributed 89 runs with the bat. It would not be wrong to say that Hardik is proving to be the X factor for Team India.
Team India won by 50 runs
In the match played against Bangladesh, Team India won by 50 runs on the basis of Hardik Pandya's brilliant performance. Apart from Pandya, captain Rohit Sharma contributed 23 runs in 11 balls, Virat Kohli contributed 37 runs in 28 balls, Rishabh Pant contributed 36 runs in 24 balls, Shivam Dubey contributed 34 runs in 24 balls. The Indian team scored 196 runs in 20 overs due to brilliant batting.
While chasing the target, Bangladesh team could only score 146 runs by losing 8 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 50 runs. Kuldeep Yadav bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh took 2-2 wickets. Now Team India's last match in Super-8 will be against Australia on 24 June. This match is considered very important for the semi-finals.