Top 5 Performances of Hardik Pandya

#4 March 2016

Hardik Pandya defends 11 runs in the last over, T20 World Cup 2016

Even before people could find the lost balls which were smacked out of Chepauk by him during IPL 2015, he was handed over with a white Kookaburra ball to bowl the last over to defend 11 runs against Bangladesh in a Super 10 match, World Cup T20 2016.

Mahmadullah and Rahim at the crease were well settled in to chase this off. An easy single was taken in the first ball to get Rahim on strike who went on to score two boundaries in the consecutive deliveries. A short wide slower ball and a missed yorker both were picked well and sent to the ropes. Rahim was celebrating early with just 2 runs needed off the last 3 balls and it seemed as if Hardik Pandya can't do a Joginder Sharma of World Cup T20 2007.

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However, the game had a twist to the climax, the in-experienced yet promising all-rounder held on to his nerves and came back strong, the next 3 balls saw 3 wickets, India won by 1 run.