After Months of Humiliation, Hardik Pandya Revives Himself With An Unimaginable T20 WC World Record

Hardik Pandya has enjoyed one of the most incredible comebacks in cricket after being booed by the nation for months to becoming the nation's hero in India's epic T20 World Cup final victory over South Africa at Kensington Oval in Barbados.

Hardik Pandya was pivotal for India in their 7 run victory over Proteas as he defended 16 runs in the final over to bring back the World Cup to India. In doing so, Hardik Pandya ended up setting and Indian Cricket record which no other India player has ever achieved. 

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Hardik Pandya revives himself with unimaginable T20 World Record

Hardik Pandya showed excellent form playing for India for the first time since picking up an injury back in ODI World Cup in November. Upon his triumphant return at the T20 World Cup 2024, Hardik Pandya took 11 wickets for India in 8 games and also scored 144 runs coming lower down the order in 8 innings. 

This means that Hardik Pandya has now become the first ever Indian cricketer to record more than 100 runs and 10 wickets in a single T20 World Cup campaign. 

Hardik Pandya with his fantastic performance in the T20 World Cup and especially the finals certainly shut up a lot of critics and haters. 

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“It's very emotional, something was not clicking, but this was something the whole nation wanted. Especially for me, after my six months, I haven't spoken a word, things have been unfair, but I knew there'd be a time I could shine. An opportunity like this makes it all the more special”, said Hardik Pandya post India's T20 World Cup triumph.

This certainly underlines Hardik Pandya's importance to Indian Cricket Team as one of the stalwart players in the side. Given Hardik Pandya's form and leadership skills, he is one of the leading candidates to take over from Rohit Sharma as captain of the T20I side.