Hardik Pandya Becomes First Indian Captain To Achieve This Feat During India vs Ireland 1st T20I

27.06.2022 - 10:17 sports.ndtv.com

Hardik Pandya on Sunday led the Indian team to a seven-wicket win over Ireland in the first match of the two-match series between the sides in Dublin.

This was the first time Hardik Pandya was captaining the Indian team. The all-rounder made the moment further memorable by returning figures of 1/26 in his bowling and then scoring 24 off 12 with the bat.

The lone dismissal Hardik effected in the game saw him becoming the first India captain to take a T20I wicket. Before Hardik, eight players captained India but none of them took a wicket.

The players are Virender Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant.

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