Top 5 Performances of Hardik Pandya

#3 June 2017

Hardik Pandya's 76 off 43 in vain chasing a target of 338 runs

Chasing a mammoth total of 338 runs in a Champions Trophy final against their archrival Pakistan, India was 54-5 at the end of 14th over. With half the side back to the pavilion, hopes were already shattered when the protagonist of the article comes into the crease to bat at number 7. The game seemed to have already foreseen its result but the relatively new shoulders carried the burden of billion hopes and approached to chase the impossible target positively.

The hero doesn't win every battle indeed. A quickfire fifty comprising off huge sixes all the way were of no use as the hopes were crumbled when Ravindra Jadeja refused to take a single and ran out the lone warrior. His 76 runs off just 43 balls comprising of 4 fours and 6 sixes went in vain as India got bowled out for 158 runs by 31st over. The game was one-sided except for the 40 odd balls Pandya was batting, one of the biggest margin loss helped to see the rise of India's promising gritty player.