Hardik Pandya batted brilliantly in the T20 International match against South Africa held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In the match played on 19 December (Friday), he completed his 7th T20 International half-century in just 16 balls.
hardik pandya When he came to bat at number 5, India had lost the wickets of Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav. The team needed to score runs fast and Hardik adopted an aggressive attitude as soon as he came. He hit a six on the very first ball of his innings, which went straight to the cameraman.
After this, Hardik Pandya launched a fierce attack on South African spinner George Linde. He hit 2 fours and 2 sixes in one over of Linde, resulting in 27 runs in that over. It became clear that Hardik intended to change the course of the match. Hardik was continuously trying to send the ball out of the boundary.
Hardik’s celebration goes viral
Hardik Pandya completed his half-century by hitting 2 sixes and 1 four in one over of Corbin Bosch. After completing the half-century, he celebrated by raising his bat and gave flying kisses to his girlfriend Mahika Sharma present in the stands, who looked very happy with his innings. Hardik and Mahika are dating each other since the beginning of this year.
Hardik Pandya scored fifty in 16 balls, which was the second fastest half-century by an Indian player in T20 International. Earlier this record was in the name of Abhishek Sharma, who had achieved this feat against England. In the end, Hardik Pandya was out after scoring 63 runs in 25 balls, but due to his stormy innings, India scored a huge score of 231 runs.
Fastest half century for India (T20 International)
12 balls- Yuvraj Singh vs England, Durban, 2007 World Cup
16 balls- Hardik Pandya vs South Africa, Ahmedabad, 2025*
17 balls- Abhishek Sharma vs England, Wankhede, 2025
18 balls- KL Rahul vs Scotland, Dubai, 2021
18 balls- Suryakumar Yadav vs South Africa, Guwahati, 2022
With this brilliant innings, Hardik Pandya also joined the exclusive list of players who have scored 2000 plus runs and taken more than 100 wickets in T20 international matches.
2000 runs and 100 wickets in T20 International
Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) – 2417 runs and 104 wickets
Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) – 2551 runs and 149 wickets
Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe) – 2883 runs and 102 wickets
Virandeep Singh (Malaysia) – 3180 runs and 109 wickets
Hardik Pandya (India) – 2002 runs and 101 wickets
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