Courtesy: BCCI/X
During the fourth T20I of the five-match series, Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya brought up his fifty in style with a no look six on the bowling of England pacer Jamie Overton at the MCA Stadium in Pune. The quick-fire fifty from Hardik Pandya and his fellow all-rounder Shivam Dube were critical to India reaching 181/9 total in their allotted overs after losing three wickets in one over to Saqib Mahmood in the power play stage, finding themselves in a tough spot.
The no look six from Hardik Pandya was unleashed in the 18th over of the Indian innings to a fuller length delivery from Jamie Overton aimed at the stump. The ball landed on the side-screen straight down the ground at the MCA Stadium in Pune to the absolute amazement of the thousands of fans in attendance to watch the Indian cricket team play a T20I against England in a pulsating five-match series.
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Hardik Pandya scored 53 runs in 30 balls with four fours and four sixes in his innings, sharing a vital 87-run stand for the sixth wicket with Shivam Dube, who also got 53 runs in his innings after facing 34 balls, hitting seven fours and two maximums in the process. Saqib Mahmood was taken to the cleaners in the final three overs of his spell after bowling a triple-wicket maiden, but still his figures were 3/35 in four overs.
Playing XIs of India and England for the fourth T20I in Pune:
India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakravarthy
England: Phil Salt (wk), Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler (c), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood
