Hardik Pandya beat Ashwin to get third place, became the first Indian player in this case
India vs West Indies 2nd T20 Match, Hardik Pandya Records: In the second match of the 5-match T20 series being played between India and West Indies, Team India had to face defeat by 2 wickets. However, in this match, captain Hardik Pandya’s amazing performance with both ball and bat was seen. Hardik played an inning of 24 runs in 18 balls with the bat in this match. At the same time got 3 wickets with the ball. Starting the bowling, Pandya took 2 wickets in the very first over.
Hardik gave the pavilion to West Indies team’s opening batsman Brandon King on the very first ball of the innings. After this, on the fourth ball of the over, Hardik got Johnson Charles caught out by Tilak Verma and gave a second blow to the Windies team. Along with getting 3 wickets in this match, Hardik has also achieved a big milestone. Now he has become the third Indian bowler to take the most wickets in T20 Internationals from the Indian team.
Hardik Pandya has left behind Ravichandran Ashwin in this matter, who has 72 wickets in his name. Hardik has now taken 73 wickets in 89 matches. At the same time, Hardik has also become the second bowler from India after Bhuvneshwar Kumar to take a wicket on the first ball of the innings. Bhuvi has done this feat 3 times in international cricket so far.
Became the first Indian to score 4000 runs and 150 wickets in T20 format
Hardik Pandya has also made a big record in the T20 format, in which he has become the first Indian player to take 150 wickets along with completing 4000 runs. Let us tell you that in the second T20 match, while batting first, the Indian team scored 152 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. At the same time, West Indies achieved this target at the loss of 8 wickets in 18.5 overs.
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