With Virat Kohli taking the lion’s share of the plaudits for his unbeaten 82 in opposition to Pakistan on Sunday, Hardik Pandya’s resolute 40 runs off 37 balls has taken considerably of a backseat. But that didn’t cease Pandya from basking within the crew’s glory and discuss with himself as a showman whereas speaking to former coach Ravi Shastri and Sunil Gavaskar after the match.
“I think I am a showman. I will not come everyday but when I come I’ll put on a show. That’s why I messaged my wife and a few closest people and I said, I don’t know, I just had a gut feeling that tonight is gonna be a special night. I messaged the six of them and said, tonight whatever I am going to do, I’ll do for you guys. That about sums it up.”
Hardik was additionally instrumental with the ball when he returned the figures of three/30 taking the wickets of Shadab Khan, Haider Ali and Mohammad Nawaz.
In the match, Pakistan recovered from a wobbly begin to put up a combating 159 for eight. India accomplished the chase within the final ball, with Kohli and Pandya doing the majority of the scoring after a horror begin to their innings.
The two revived India with a 113-run stand for the fourth wicket after they have been reeling at 31/4 at one stage.
Sent in to bat, Pakistan have been nicely served by Iftikhar Ahmed’s 34-ball 51 and Shan Masood’s unbeaten 52 off 42 balls after they misplaced their first two wickets with simply 15 runs on the board within the fourth over.
For India, Arshdeep Singh was among the many most profitable bowlers within the much-awaited match of the match, ending with figures 3/32 in 4 overs on the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.
If it was not for the 14 runs within the nineteenth over, Arshdeep would have ended with higher figures Playing in his maiden World Cup, left-arm pacer Arshdeep gave India early breakthroughs earlier than Pakistan steadied issues with a 76-run partnership for the third wicket.
