Pandya defended 11 runs in the final over, a feat that catapulted him into the national spotlight, and a decade later, he features in the Indian squad as a senior player in the team's title defence.
Having acted as deputy to Rohit Sharma in India's triumphant ICC Men's T20 World Cup campaign, Pandya was one of the front-runners to take over the mantle once Rohit retired from the format. However, when the squad for the current Sri Lanka tour was announced, Hardik was listed only as a pla
India skipper Rohit Sharma heaped praise on all-rounder Hardik Pandya for his heroics in the last over during the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa.
In a video posted on his Instagram handle, Pandya shared a video of him hitting his trademark shots, which have been a big missing from the cricket field in blue-coloured jersey for a while.
After superb performances in Super 12 of the ICC T20 World Cup, Suryakumar Yadav dethroned Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan to become the top batter. But his rating points declined from 869 to 859 after a poor 14 against England in the semifinal, which Indian lost