North Sound. The Indian team continued its winning campaign in the ICC T20 World Cup and registered a win in a one-sided match against Bangladesh. Hardik Pandya laid the foundation for India’s victory in the Super Eight of the ICC T20 World Cup by scoring a blazing half-century. The all-rounder, who played an important role in the 50-run victory over Bangladesh, credited the team effort for the victory.
After losing the toss, the Indian team came to bat first and made a big score against Afghanistan on the basis of Hardik Pandya’s fifty and Rishabh Pant’s fast innings. While chasing India’s target of 197 runs, Bangladesh team could score only 146 runs for eight wickets in front of the sharp bowling of Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh.
In this match, Pandya (50 not out, 27 balls, four fours, three sixes) scored a brilliant half-century while Virat Kohli (37), Rishabh Pant (36) and Shivam Dubey (34) played useful innings, taking India to 196 for five wickets. Reached the run. Pandya also took one wicket. Pandya said after the match, “I think we played very good cricket. We demonstrated unitedly and implemented our plans well.
The Indian team looked to be in trouble after losing wickets continuously. Hardik Pandya came in the end and scored a brilliant fifty and played an important role in taking Team India to a big score. He said, “In some circumstances everyone has to step forward and take responsibility.”
Talking about bowling, he said that I realized that the batsmen wanted to use the wind. “I just had to make sure that I didn’t let him hit downwind shots, it was about being one step ahead of the batsman,” Pandya said.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: June 23, 2024, 07:01 IST
