"Best T20 All-rounder In The Business": Ravi Shastri On Hardik Pandya

29.08.2022 - 13:39 sports.ndtv.com

Team India scripted a thrilling win over arch-rivals in their Asia Cup clash on Sunday at Dubai International Stadium. It was Hardik Pandya's all-round performance which took Team India to victory in the nail-biting thriller.

The all-rounder first helped India to bundle out Pakistan at 147 by scalping three wickets and later smashed 33 runs off 17 balls, including the winning six, to give his side a five-wicket win.

Appreciating his performance, former India head coach Ravi Shastri took to Twitter and called him the "best T20 all-rounder." "Needed the best T20 all-rounder in the business to power India across the finish line -@hardikpandya7," tweeted Ravi Shastri.

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The Indian cricket squad for the T20 Word Cup has already been announced. Hardik Pandya holds a special place in the 15-member squad as he is the top all-rounder in the side. Pandya has shown maturity with the bat and has been bowling fast too. Former Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri, in his own inimitable style, reiterated once again that Pandya is the no. 1 allrounder in the T20I format. "I have already tweeted and posted on Instagram that he is the No. 1 all-rounder in this format of the game. What else do you need? I had said it two weeks back. What else is there to add or subtract? XYZ can say whatever they want... everyone is entitled to his opinion. My view is clear, which is what I tweeted a couple of weeks ago," Shastri told Sports Tak.

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