Another win, once again Hardik Pandya's amazing performance. In the T20 World Cup 2024, if there is one player from Team India apart from Jasprit Bumrah who is consistently showing amazing performance, then it is star all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Hardik Pandya, who was facing criticism and bad reviews for various reasons in the IPL before the World Cup, started spreading his charm as soon as he wore Team India's blue jersey, which is continuing. He also showed this strength in the Super-8 match against Bangladesh and here he not only made Team India win but also made a special record in his name.

In the match played in Antigua, Team India defeated Bangladesh very easily by a huge margin of 50 runs. The star of this victory was Hardik, who first did wonders with the bat and then gave the team a good start in bowling. Hardik scored an unbeaten 50 runs in just 27 balls in this match, which was the highest score for Team India. After this, Hardik also gave the team its first success by taking the wicket of Litton Das in his very first over. Hardik was chosen as the Player of the Match for this performance.

Hardik became the first Indian player

Team India's vice-captain Hardik's excellent performance not only helped the team win, but he also achieved some special achievements on a personal level. One of these achievements is the first time an Indian player has achieved this feat. With 50 runs in this match, Hardik completed his 300 runs (302) in the history of T20 World Cup. Hardik has reached this figure in 21 matches. Apart from this, 21 wickets have also been added to his account. In this way, Hardik became the first Indian player to score 300 runs and take 20 wickets in T20 World Cup. Before him, only legends like Shane Watson, Shahid Afridi, Dwayne Bravo and Shakib Al Hasan were able to do this feat.

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This amazing thing was seen after 8 years

This was about the record. Apart from this, Hardik did another special feat here. He became only the second Indian player to score a half-century and take a wicket in the same match of the T20 World Cup. Before him, this record was in the name of star batsman Virat Kohli, who had done this twice. Kohli first achieved the feat of scoring a half-century and taking a wicket against Pakistan in the 2012 World Cup and then repeated it against West Indies in the 2016 semi-final. Now after 8 years, Hardik's name has also been included in it.