On one hand, where the Indian team is on a tour of Australia to play a 5-match Test series, on the other hand, the discussion of the IPL mega auction to be held on November 24 and 25 is being seen everywhere. Meanwhile, Team India’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya has achieved an achievement in T20 cricket which no Indian player could do before. The 17th edition of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy started from 23 November in which many star players of Team India are playing this time and one of them is Hardik Pandya who is part of Baroda team. Hardik was instrumental in leading his team to victory against Gujarat with both ball and bat, taking one wicket with the bowling, while he played a brilliant innings of 74 runs off just 35 balls with the bat.
Hardik became the first Indian player to score more than 100 wickets and more than 5000 runs in T20Is.
Hardik Pandya is currently counted among the limited-overs match-winners, who has the ability to change an entire match with the ball or the bat on his own. Hardik has shown this on many occasions, in which he was instrumental in helping Team India win the T20 World Cup 2024. Now, playing in the first match against Gujarat in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Hardik has achieved a feat that no player before him in Indian cricket could do. Hardik has now become the first Indian player to score more than 5000 runs and take more than 100 wickets in T20 cricket. Hardik has so far played 276 T20 matches in which he has scored 5067 runs at an average of 29.80, while in bowling he has taken 180 wickets at an average of 28.62.
A thrilling win for Baroda
Talking about this match against Gujarat, the Baroda team got a target of 185 runs in 20 overs, chasing which they lost 3 wickets till the score of 80 runs. After this, Hardik Pandya, who came in to bat, took the responsibility of handling the innings from one end and scoring runs quickly, during which Hardik was joined by Shivalik Sharma who played an innings of 64 runs, but he did not succeed. can end the match. Hardik played till the end and the team won by 5 wickets in 19.3 overs. Hardik also hit 6 fours and 5 sixes in an innings of 74 runs.
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