Pandya won hearts (Photo-PTI)

Hardik Pandya: Hardik Pandya led Vadodara to victory with his excellent batting at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad. Pandya scored unbeaten 77 runs in 42 balls against Punjab and led the team to victory with five balls to spare. Vadodara easily chased Punjab's score of 222 runs and all this happened because of Pandya's excellent batting. By the way, an amazing sight was seen in this match. When Hardik Pandya was batting, police reached the middle of the pitch. Actually, when Pandya was at the crease, some fans reached the pitch and wanted to take a selfie with the Indian all-rounder. Policemen also reached the pitch to catch those fans.

Pandya stopped police from taking selfie

However, Pandya supported his fans in this entire case. When the policemen were arresting the fan who came near Hardik, this all-rounder stopped them. He gave a selfie to the fan right there. As soon as Pandya did this, the fans who came to the stadium in Hyderabad became very happy and started clapping. After this, Pandya showed the power of his bat and then he won the hearts of the fans by batting brilliantly against Punjab.

Play stopped multiple times in Hyderabad as fans kept running onto the ground to meet Hardik Pandya!#SyedMushtaqAliTrophy #BarodavsPunjab pic.twitter.com/klHmekLhHz

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Pandya scored 77 runs

Hardik Pandya played an inning of 77 runs in this match. He remained unbeaten till the end and returned after leading the team to victory. This was Pandya's first match after his comeback and he hit 4 sixes and 7 fours in his innings. Pandya has proved with this match that he is ready for the South Africa T20 series. Now it remains to be seen how he performs in the series.