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Hardik Pandya overtakes Shikhar Dhawan, becomes India's 5th highest T20I run-getter
Pandya accomplished this movement up in charts during the fourth T20I against England at Pune on Friday.
Pune [India], : Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya overtook former batter Shikhar Dhawan to become country's fifth-highest run-getter in T20Is.
Pandya accomplished this movement up in charts during the fourth T20I against England at Pune on Friday.
During the match, Pandya came in clutch, scoring a brilliant 53 in 34 balls, with seven fours and two sixes, lifting his team from a poor position of 79/5 to 181/9 in their 20 overs. His runs came at a strike rate of over 155.
Now in 113 T20Is and 89 innings, Pandya has scored 1,803 runs at an average of 28.17 and a strike rate of 141.63. He has scored five half-centuries, with best score of 71*.
On the other hand, in 68 matches, Dhawan scored 1,759 runs at an average of 27.92 and a strike rate of 126.36, with best score of 92 and 11 fifties in 66 innings.
The highest run-getter for India in T20Is is former T20 World Cup winning captain Rohit Sharma, with 4,231 runs in 159 matches and 151 innings at an average of 32.05 and a strike rate of 140.89. He scored five centuries and 32 fifties, with best score of 121*. He is followed by Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav .
Coming to the match, England won the toss and elected to field first. India was reduced to 12/3 by pacer Saqib Mahmood after he got Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma and skipper Suryakumar Yadav in one over. Abhishek Sharma and Rinku Singh played crucial knocks, but India still reeled at 79/5. An 87-run partnership between Hardik Pandya and Dube helped India reach 181/9 in their 20 overs. Overton and Adil Rashid also bowled fine spells.
In the run-chase, Phil Salt and Ben Duckett put England to a fine start, adding 62 runs for the first wicket. However, Indian spinners helped the hosts bounce back and left England at 95/4. Harry Brook did score a half-century, but wickets fell quickly on the other end, with Harshit and spinner Ravi Bishnoi taking the spotlight. England was restricted at 166 and lost by 15 runs.
Dube got the 'Player of the Match' award. India has won the series 3-1.
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