India all-rounder Hardik Pandya completed a unprecedented feat of 500 runs and 50 wickets in T20I cricket as he brushed aside Brandon King within the 3rd T20I in opposition to West Indies on Tuesday.
Pandya brushed aside Brandon King to achieve the uncommon feat (Courtesy: AP)
HIGHLIGHTSPandya completed the uncommon feat as he brushed aside King within the 3rd T20IThe India all-rounder has 802 runs to his identify in T20I cricket on the momentPandya bowled a positive spell in opposition to West Indies within the third T20I
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya completed a unprecedented feat in T20Is as he reached the landmark of 500 runs and 50 wickets within the 20-over layout right through the 3rd fit within the ongoing collection in opposition to West Indies.
Pandya brushed aside Brandon King right through the fit to damage a 50-run opening stand between the West Indies opener and Kyle Mayers to achieve the milestone of fifty wickets in T20Is. He was the 6th Indian males’s participant to get to the landmark. The former Indian megastar to get to the milestone was once Ravindra Jadeja within the remaining sport in opposition to West Indies.
Through disregarding King, the India all-rounder would then reach the uncommon feat of getting 50 wickets and 500 runs within the 20-over layout. He lately has 802 runs in T20I cricket in this day and age.
With the uncommon double feat, Pandya was the eleventh males’s participant and thirtieth total to achieve the landmark.
The one different Indian participant to get this fulfillment was once Girls’s cricket workforce megastar Deepti Sharma, who has 65 wickets and 521 runs to her identify within the 20-over layout.
A number of the males’s avid gamers to succeed in the double, the India all-rounder is the newest to make his T20I debut, having first performed for India in 2016.
Pandya has been in excellent shape with the ball in white-ball cricket and already has two four-wicket hauls this 12 months in ODI and T20I cricket.
The India all-rounder bowled a good spell in opposition to the West Indies on Tuesday, as he gave away simply 19 runs in his 4 overs whilst selecting up one wicket.
Mayers’ 73 and helpful cameos from Rovman Powell and Shimron Hetmyer powered the hosts to a robust general of 164 runs for the lack of 5 wickets of their allocated 20 overs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up two wickets whilst Arshdeep Singh additionally picked up one right through the fit.
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