Often being compared with India’s World Cup winning captain and all-rounder Kapil Dev, Hardik Pandya has substantiated the comparisons on many occasions with his hard-hitting abilities and brisk seam bowling. Along with his playing style, his experiments with hairstyles and hair colours make him stand out among his peers. But he plays as flamboyantly on field as he carries himself off the field. Pandya is truly a find of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as his heroics with Mumbai Indians booked his berth for the Indian cricket team. Following a successful IPL 2015 and Syed Mushtaq Ali domestic T20 tournament in 2016, the Gujarati all-rounder made his debut for Team India on January 26, 2016, in a T20I match against Australia at Adelaide. It took him a few months to break into the 50-over set up as he debuted in ODI cricket on October 16, 2016, playing New Zealand at the picturesque HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala. With a fifty on his Test debut, Pandya played his first longest-format game for India on July 26-29, 2017, against Sri Lanka at Galle.
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Here is the pitch report, weather forecast, and changes in the playing XIs of both India and the West Indies ahead of the 3rd T20I in Guyana.
Hardik Pandya-led India lost second consecutive T20I to the West Indies, for the first time in the format to them since 2016. However, that didn't stop the skipper from registering the massive record. Know details..
Yuzvendra Chahal took two wickets but was smashed for two big sixes by West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran in the first T20I match.
West Indies successfully defended 149 runs to win the first T20I match by four runs and took a crucial 1-0 lead in the five-match series at home.
"I have always believed that in T20 cricket, if you lose wickets, it becomes difficult to chase down a total. When we lost a couple of wickets in a row, it cost us," Hardik added.
Tilak Varma smashed 39 off just 22 on his international debut but the likes of Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan struggled to contribute while chasing a 150-run target.
Here is the pitch report, weather forecast, and changes in the playing XIs of both India and the West Indies ahead of the 1st T20I in Trinidad.
'A lot of things could be better when we come to West Indies last time, travelling and everything,' Hardik added.
"I was just waiting to get the opportunity and once I got the rhythm I could get going," Hardik Pandya said after the 3rd ODI.
Indian skipper Rohit Sharma and batting stalwart Virat Kohli were rested for the second game in a row as Hardik Pandya continued to lead the side in the third ODI against West Indies in Trinidad.
Hardik Pandya has bowled only 9.4 overs in the two ODIs against West Indies. He didn't bowl much in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Gujarat Titans too.
"I have to bowl more overs and get my workload up for the World Cup. I'm a turtle right now not the rabbit and hoping everything goes right as the World Cup comes on," Hardik added.
West Indies handed Team India a humiliating defeat after the Men in Blue chose to rest two of their senior batters, skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as they faltered with the bat.
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Team India will take on Ireland in a three-match T20I series following the tour of West Indies and before the Asia Cup as all of the big stars are likely to give it a miss.
Team India is set to play a three-match T20I series against Ireland starting August 18 following the West Indies tour.
Hardik Pandya has been handed the India vice-captaincy in ODIs along with being the captain of the T20I side. Notably, he might be missing out on the Ireland T20I series.
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