If Hardik Pandya isn’t fit, India don’t have a sixth bowling option: Gautam Gambhir
Updated: November 29, 2020 3:41:58 pm
Hardik Pandya celebrates the wicket of Steve Smith with teammates. (Reuters)
After a valiant 90-run knock in the first ODI, Hardik Pandya came into the limelight once again in the second encounter against Australia on Sunday when he bowled in top-flight cricket for the first time in over a year.
Coming in to help the bowling unit, Pandya started off well with a decent first over. He conceded just five runs against a rampaging Steve Smith (104) and Marnus Labuchabugne (70) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The 27-year-old all-rounder, who has remodelled his action to reduce the stress on his body, scalped the wicket of Smith in his third over as he lured him into slashing a short delivery straight into the hands of Mohammed Shami.
At the end of the innings, Pandya returned impressive figures of 1/24 in four overs.
