All-rounder

The Indian team management has been emphasizing the importance of Hardik Pandya in the Indian team for a while and the all-rounder has repaid the faith the team has had in him by putting in some brilliant performances.
The last match was by far Hardik's best ODI for India as he contributed with both bat and ball and showed what he was capable of with a brilliant all-round show. Coming in at 87/5, he scored 83 runs off 76 balls. The best thing about his knock was the maturity with which he approached his innings and the way he took on the Aussie bowling.
With the ball, he dismissed Australian captain Steve Smith and Travis Head with knuckleballs and ended with figures of 2-28 in his four overs.
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