India’s T20 team of the decade

#3 All-rounder (Hardik Pandya)

Hardik Pandya has emerged as an asset for India with both bat and ball

Although Pandya didn’t play any game for India in the first half of the decade, he has emerged as an asset with both bat and ball since making his debut in 2016. He has helped India find that balance of having a batsman at no. 7 who can tonk the ball and can bowl his full quota of 4 overs.

Pandya’s numbers speak for themselves. While he has scored 310 runs in the 25 innings he has played at a strike rate of 147.61, he has grabbed 38 wickets at a bowling average of 25.68. He is in top 5 in the list of the leading wicket-takers for India in T20I cricket in the last 10 years despite making his T20I debut only 3 years back.

Pandya is one of those players who can change a T20I game upside down within a space of few deliveries. He has the ability to clear any ground in the world and against any type of bowling.