Vikrant Shekhawat : Jan 30, 2025, 07:00 AM
Hardik Pandya News: The Indian team is currently leading 2-1 in the 5-match T20 series being played against England. However, the third match was disappointing for the Indian team, where it had to face defeat by 26 runs. In this match, Indian captain Hardik Pandya scored the highest score for the team, but his slow batting played an important role in the team's defeat.Hardik Pandya's weakness became a threat to the teamHardik Pandya faced 35 balls in this match and scored only 40 runs at a strike rate of 114.28. His innings included only 1 four and 2 sixes. His biggest weakness once again came to the fore against spin bowlers. Pandya could not hit a single boundary against the spinners in this match, due to which the pressure on him kept increasing and eventually he was out.Weak figures against spinnersThis is not the first time that Hardik Pandya has been seen struggling against spin bowlers. His T20 International career figures also show the same. He has played a total of 377 balls against spinners, in which he has scored 430 runs at an average of 43.00 and a strike rate of 114.05.The most surprising thing is that he has played 35.28% dot balls against spinners, which is worrying for the T20 format. Apart from this, he has also been out 10 times against spin bowlers.Better performance against fast bowlersHardik Pandya's performance against fast bowlers has been much better than spinners. He has faced 866 balls from fast bowlers and scored 1320 runs at a strike rate of 152.42. During this, 104 fours and 70 sixes have come from his bat. However, he has also been out 52 times against fast bowlers.A matter of concern for the teamHardik Pandya usually comes to bat in the middle order or death overs, where the team needs to score runs at a fast pace. In such a situation, his slow strike rate and weakness against spin bowlers is becoming a big challenge for Team India. If the Indian team has to perform better in the upcoming matches, then Hardik Pandya will have to work on this weakness of his.