Hardik Pandya Becomes the First Indian to surpass 4000 runs, take 150 wickets in T20I
As the first Indian skipper since 2016 to lose to the West Indies in back-to-back T20I matches, Hardik Pandya chose a rather unfortunate record. He did, however, amass a few personal records that attest to how crucial he has been to the Indian T20I side throughout the years.
In India’s second T20I match against the West Indies, Pandya led the team with 24 runs scored and three wickets taken. In the process, he made T20 cricket history by being the first Indian to surpass 4000 runs and take 150 wickets. Pandya’s bowling performance increased his total number of T20 wickets to 152. He has also scored 4391 runs in 241 games.
Hardik Pandya jumps past Jasprit Bumrah, R Ashwin; sets up unique first for Indians in T20 cricket
Pandya also overtook Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah to become India’s third-highest wicket-taker in T20 international cricket. Pandya is currently just behind Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal in the list of T20I wicket-takers with 73. Bhuvneshwar has 90 wickets, while Chahal has 95. Pandya, an Indian who has scored 1314 runs in 89 games, is interestingly ninth on the list of Indians with the highest runs in T20 Internationals.
Pandya made his T20 debut against Australia in January 2016. Since then, he has played in 77 ODIs, scoring 1666 runs and claiming 73 wickets, including 10 half-centuries. In addition, he has participated in 11 Test matches, where he has amassed 532 runs, including a century, and claimed 17 wickets.
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