In a team where most of India’s top guns are firing away, he has quietly delivered the goods. In a campaign where all talk has revolved around India’s spinners, the superlative comebacks of Mohammed Shami from injury and Virat Kohli from poor form, the sizzling batting of Shubman Gill, skipper Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul, what a consistent Hardik Pandya has brought to the team has found little or no word in edgewise.
Hardly surprising, but not anymore. In Tuesday’s semifinal against Australia, walking in with India delicately placed at 225/5, having just lost the Virat Kohli for 84, Pandya turned the 265-run chase into a walk in the park.
