#5 Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya is a finding of IPL. He came to the fore when he hit a knock of 61 runs off 31 balls for Mumbai Indians against Kolkata Knight Riders in 2015 IPL. After that, he performed well for Baroda in the Syed Mushtaq Ali domestic T20 tournament at the beginning of 2016 and from there he fixed his spot in the Indian team. The Gujarat-born displayed some good cricket in national colours early on -- this got him the confirmed spot for the 2016 T20 World Cup.
The 25-year-old Indian has gathered 271 runs in 23 innings with an impressive strike rate of 153.11. He can be very handy in the lower order batting and can also turn to be a finisher of the game with the bat. In bowling, he has 33 wickets to his name in 34 innings with a career-best figure of 4/38 against England in Bristol.
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