March 28, 2024

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Virat Kohli: Hardik Pandya Great Asset For Indian Cricket
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Virat Kohli: Hardik Pandya Great Asset For Indian Cricket

Indian team captain, Virat Kohli heaped praises for Hardik Pandya after India clinched the series by 3-0 against Australia at Holkar stadium in Indore on Sunday.

Indian team’s victory is the joint Indian record of ninth consecutive International Cricket Council (ICC) one-day international win. With this win, India has reclaimed the No.1 ODI rankings.

Pandya’s 78 off 72 balls effectively sealed the match for India. The opening partnership of Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane also deserves an equal credit for India’s win.  Sharma has scored the fastest fifty off 42 balls in the ODI’s.

“Hardik is a star, has the ability with the ball, bat and in the field. We need a guy like that, we’ve been missing an explosive all-rounder like him. He’s a great asset for Indian cricket”, Kohli said.

Further, giving the credit to the coach of Indian team Ravi Shastri, Kohli said that it was his decision to make Pandya bat early.

“ The idea of his promotion up the batting order was Ravi bhai’s, to attack the spinner (Agar). We might try few players now, but mindset remains the same. The journey stops only after the fifth game,” he added.

Kohli equals Dhoni and Dravid’s record of 9 consecutive ODI wins as a captain. Kohli has become the first ever Indian captain to have led his team to a win in the first three matches of a bilateral ODI series against Australia

The next match is scheduled for 28th September at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

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