Hardik was the hero of victory in Cuttack (Photo: PTI)
IND vs SA, 2nd T20I: The second T20 between India and South Africa will be played in the new stadium in Chandigarh. This is the first time that an international match of the men’s cricket team is going to be held in the new stadium completed in Mullanpur. Team India will be eyeing to maintain its win in Cuttack in Mullanpur. At the same time, Hardik Pandya, who was the hero of the first victory, will have his eyes on not only leading India to victory but also on creating his own unique history.
Hardik Pandya’s style will be different!
It is not that no one else has done the history that Hardik Pandya is going to create in the second T20 against South Africa. Before Hardik, 3-4 players have achieved that feat in T20 International. But now when Hardik Pandya will be added to that list, he will be a little different from the rest.
History that Hardik Pandya can make
Hardik Pandya will write history as soon as he takes 1 wicket in the second T20 against South Africa. If he takes 1 wicket in the second T20, then with that he will take 100 wickets in T20 International. With this, he will become the fourth player to hit 100 sixes and take 100 wickets in T20 International. Although he will be a pace all-rounder first. The three players who have done this before him are Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe, Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan and Virandeep Singh of Malaysia. All three are spin all-rounders.
By taking 1 wicket in the second T20 against South Africa, Hardik Pandya will become the fourth cricketer to score 1000 plus runs and take 100 wickets in Men’s T20 International. But he will be the only pace all-rounder among them. Before him, Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh, Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan and Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe have achieved this feat. But all three of them are spin all-rounders.
Hardik Pandya played a brilliant and unbeaten half-century in the first T20 against South Africa. And, now he would like to pick up with the bat in the second T20 also from where he left off in Cuttack.