Hardik Pandya’s fanfare, rain of sixes and fours, scored 70 runs in 52 balls – hardik pandya smashes terrific half century vs west indies in 2nd odi

Taroba: Hardik Pandya tore apart the West Indies bowlers in the third and final ODI. In the absence of Rohit Sharma, Hardik, who took over the captaincy for the second consecutive match, appeared in the old rhythm. An unbeaten inning of 70 runs came from his bat in 52 balls. Hardik, who came at number five, hit four fours and five sixes. The right-handed all-rounder hit two sixes and a four in the last over against Romario Shepherd to take the team’s score to 350. In this way, losing the toss and batting first, India scored 351 runs losing five wickets.

Strong attack in the last over
Hardik Pandya hit the last ball of the 41st over against Seals for a four, which was the team’s first four since the 33rd over. Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav then scored quickly in the next few overs, with Pandya hitting Kariyah for a six and Suryakumar hitting Joseph for a six. The Indian team scored 56 runs in the last five overs. Suryakumar, after hitting a six against Seals in the 46th over, was caught by Kariyah off Shepherd in the 47th over. 65 runs for the fifth wicket with Surya and 42 runs partnership for the sixth wicket with Jadeja.
Earlier, openers Shubman Gill (85) and Ishaan Kishan (77) made a great opening partnership. The Indian team once again rested regular captain Rohit Sharma and veteran Virat Kohli in this decisive match. Gill and Kishan laid the foundation for a big score by sharing 143 runs in 118 balls for the first wicket. Kishan hit eight fours and three sixes in his 64-ball knock while Gill hit 11 fours in his 92-ball innings. Gill shared a 53-ball 69-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Sanju Samson to take the team’s score past 200.

Samson hit two fours and four sixes in his aggressive innings of 51 runs in 41 balls. Suryakumar hit two fours and two sixes in his 30-ball innings. Romario Shepherd took two for the West Indies, while Alzarri Joseph, Yannick Kariyah and Gudakesh Moti took one wicket each. Moti gave only 38 runs in his 10 overs.

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