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India lost the first match of the 3-match T20I series at home against Australia by 4 wickets 1 – 0* and trailed in the series early on. After setting a target of 209 runs in the first match of the series in Mohali, India were forced to win the rest of the matches as they conceded runs in the bowling. Earlier in the first match, even after an action from Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav, India stumbled to 145/5 in 16 overs and it was questionable if India would reach 200 runs. Vlasi gave a super finishing.
Hardik Pandya who showed great performances in his early debut has shown amazing performances after 2017 to the delight of fans as he has got a good fast bowling all rounder after legend Kapil Dev in all 3 types of Indian team. Therefore, he emerged as the latest number one all-rounder of the Indian team after the 2019 World Cup.
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Super All Rounder:
He was dismissed as the best all-rounder in the IPL 2022 series and led the team under inexperienced captaincy, winning the trophy in the first year and proving himself as the number one all-rounder again. So he made a comeback and then returned to his old Pandya form, acting as the dark horse for major victories in South Africa, Ireland, England, West Indies and the recent Asia Cup win against Pakistan.
A valuable Indian player who strikes a balance between the 2 fields of batting and bowling, he is currently hailed as the number one all-rounder in the world, equal to England’s Ben Stokes. But former Pakistan player Rashid Ladeep has said that it is not fair to compare Hardik Pandya, who has won only bilateral series so far, with Ben Stokes, who has won historic victories like 2019 World Cup and Handingley Test. Here’s what he talked about on his YouTube page:
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“There is no doubt that he is a good player. But his best play only emerges in bilateral series. It is normal for them to appear in bilateral series. That includes his performances in the recent Asia Cup. And I am not talking about today’s (Mohali) match but Ben Stokes proved himself. He has won the World Cup and won some historic Test matches for England.”
“So he can’t even be compared to Stokes in terms of some of his performances on the field. Because the World Cup is the World Cup. Ben Stokes is several times ahead of Pandya in that respect. However, it is true that Hardik Pandya has played better than Ben Stokes in some innings.”
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“But there is a difference between playing a better innings than Ben Stokes and being a better player than Ben Stokes,” he said. That means Pandya is a good player who has won only two-sided series, but he doesn’t deserve to be compared to Ben Stokes who won the World Cup, says Rashid Latif.
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