Hardik Pandya’s practice (Photo: VIDEOGRAB)
Hardik Pandya Practice for South Africa Series: Team India has not been announced yet for the ODI and T20 series against South Africa. But, Hardik Pandya has presented the proof of his comeback after injury. Hardik Pandya has started preparations for the white ball cricket series against South Africa. Apart from the gym, Hardik Pandya is now seen sweating on the pitch as well.
The big thing is that the motive behind his hard work is not just to play against South Africa or to make a comeback. Rather, this time he might be thinking of correcting his failures of 24 matches against South Africa. Now the question is, how did Hardik fail against South Africa?
Performance against South Africa not special
After playing 24 white ball matches against South Africa, Hardik Pandya does not even have a half-century, leave alone a century against them. His run figures in these 24 matches have not even crossed the threshold of 300 runs. He has scored only 272 runs. Of the 24 matches that Hardik Pandya has played against South Africa, 8 are ODIs and 16 are T20Is.
Forget century, not even half-century, 272 runs in 24 matches
In the 8 ODIs played against South Africa, Hardik Pandya has scored only 41 runs at a modest average of 13.66, in which his best score has been 15 not out. During this period he has taken 5 wickets in bowling. Similarly, Hardik Pandya has scored only 231 runs in 16 T20Is against South Africa. His best score in this format is 46 runs. In T20I, Hardik has taken 11 wickets with the ball against South Africa.
Hardik Pandya started preparations
It is clear that Hardik Pandya’s performance against South Africa does not appear to be at that level, especially with the bat, which matches his temperament. Hardik Pandya would like that this time when he comes against South Africa with his bat, the fans should get to see some big scores with his bat. And this could be a big reason for them to start preparations even before the announcement of their team.
Currently there will be a 2 test match series between India and South Africa. After that there will be 3 ODI series and 5 T20 series. The ODI series will be played from 30th November while the T20 series will be played from 9th December.