The player who was being abused a lot in IPL, the player against whom the fans of his own team were hooting, now the same player has forced everyone to clap. We are talking about Hardik Pandya who did wonders against Bangladesh in the Super 8 match of T20 World Cup 2024. Hardik Pandya scored an unbeaten 50 runs in just 27 balls in the match played in Antigua. Hardik Pandya hit 3 sixes, 4 fours in his innings. On the basis of his innings, Team India scored a huge score of 196 runs which is also the highest T20 score on the ground of Antigua.

Pandya gave a 'hearty' welcome to Bangladesh

This innings of Hardik Pandya against Bangladesh is very special. That is because there was a time when Team India had lost the wickets of Virat, Suryakumar Yadav and Rishabh Pant by the 12th over. The run rate of the team was good but after losing wickets early, Team India expected a special innings from Hardik and this player also lived up to it. Hardik Pandya shared a partnership of 53 runs in 34 balls with Shivam Dubey. After this, Pandya also added 35 runs in 17 balls with Akshar Patel.

Hardik has dominated the T20 World Cup

Hardik Pandya is performing brilliantly in this tournament. Be it bowling or batting, this player has shown his strength. Pandya has scored 89 runs in 3 innings at an average of more than 44. Apart from this, he has also taken 7 wickets.

What did Hardik say after good batting?

After his brilliant innings in Antigua, Hardik Pandya said that the pitch was very good. Pandya said that Dubey took some time at the crease and his role was to play big shots against the spinners. When the time for batting came, we scored runs quickly which was very important.