Pandya has leapt over Mohammad Nabi into the second spot in the T20I All-Rounder Rankings after taking the new ball and claiming 4/16 from four overs against New Zealand in Motera.
The opener played a sensational knock of 126* runs in just 63 balls and helped India clinch the three-match T20I series 2-1, after losing the first match in Ranchi. His entertaining knock was decorated with 12 fours and seven sixes. He scored his runs at a strike rate of 200.
The all-rounder mentioned that he is open to taking new roles in the team and would not mind emulating Dhoni's role of being India's mainstay with the bat while speaking at a press conference after the team's mammoth 168-run victory against New Zealand in Ahmedabad at the Narendra Modi Stadi