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How Hardik Pandya has

evolved as a batter: A look at

his runs and numbers

In 52 T20I matches and 46 innings since 2020, Pandya has scored 1,038 runs

at an average of 30.52, with three half-centuries

OUR BUREAU 122. He has also taken 17 wickets
against Australia in 24 matches, with
Mumbai
the best figures of 3/44.
fter the Asia Cup, as India Against England: He has played
prepare for the ICC World 13 ODIs against England, scoring
ACup, all eyes will be on Har- 402 runs at an average of 44.66, with
dik Pandya, who has, over the years, three fifties in 11 innings and best
established himself as a premier score of 71. He has taken 12 wickets
all-rounder in limited overs cricket against England, with the best fig-
while demonstrating the ability and ures of 4/24.
confidence to do well against big op- Overall, he has played 33 match-
ponents at big stages. es against England, scoring 845 runs
In the 2020s, Pandya made at an average of 33.80 and SR of
significant changes to his batting 104.83, with six fifties in 31 innings.
technique. Serving as the captain He has also taken 36 wickets against
of IPL-winning Gujarat Titans has England across all formats, with the
helped him retain the intensity he best performance of 6/50.
had as a finisher, but also, gain new His records against South Africa
maturity and composure similar and New Zealand are a little average
to an anchor player. He still shows compared to stats against Australia,
flashes of the big-hitting, free-flow- Pakistan and England, but still de-
ing Pandya of old but has brought an cent for an all-rounder who often
element of reliability and hunger to serves as a hard-hitting finisher.
his game. Against New Zealand: He has
played 14 ODIs against New Zea-
Since 2020, he has scored 796 land, scoring 274 runs in 10 innings,
with the best score of 54 and one fif-
runs in 25 ODI matches and 21 ty. He has taken 15 wickets in these

innings at an average of 41.89, 14 matches, with the best figures of
3/31.
with seven half-centuries and Overall, across all formats, he
best score of 92. He has also has scored 447 runs against NZ at an
average of 23.52 in 27 matches, with
taken 20 wickets in these one half-century and an SR of above

matches, with the best figures 104. He has also taken 24 wickets
against the Kiwis, with the best fig-
of 4/24. Hardik Pandya in action (ANI) ures of 4/16.
Against South Africa: His per-
In 52 T20I matches and 46 in- formances against South Africa, a
nings since 2020, Pandya has scored He also has five wickets against Pa- record. mere 41 runs in five innings with the
1,038 runs at an average of 30.52, kistan in ODIs at an average of 32.80 Against Australia: In 12 ODIs best of 15* and five wickets, with the
with three half-centuries. He has and best bowling figures of 2/43. against Australia, he has scored 546 best figures of 2/30 serve as a tiny
also taken 35 wickets, with the best Pandya is India’s man for the big runs at an average of 54.60, with four blip on his resume as an absolute
figures of 4/16. stages and big opponents and has a half-centuries in 11 innings and a clutch player.
Hardik loves playing against Pa- history of fine performances against best score of 92. He has also taken Overall, in 22 matches against
kistan and the numbers prove it. In some of India’s biggest rivals, not 11 wickets in these 12 matches, with the Proteas, he has scored 327 runs
five ODIs against Pakistan, he has only Pakistan but also South Africa, the best figures of 3/44. at an average of 23.35, with one
scored 209 runs at an average of 69.66 England, New Zealand and Aus- In 24 matches against them over- half-century in 19 innings and the
and a strike rate of over 132. He has tralia, which collectively form the all, he has scored 754 runs at an aver- best score of 93. He has also taken
two half-centuries against the Men SENA nations, the countries against age of 53.85, with five half-centuries 14 wickets against South Africa, with
in Green, with the best score of 87. which India has a historically weak in 18 innings and a strike rate of over the best figures of 3/80.

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