Hardik Pandya smashed another match-winning knock - an unbeaten 22-ball 42 - on Sunday (December 6). India won the second T20I by 6 wickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground to seal the series.
With 14 runs to get off the last over, Hardik Pandya smashed two sixes off Daniel Sams to win the game with two balls to spare. Speaking on Cricbuzz, Zaheer Khan credited his six-hitting ability and said that bowlers tend to feel the heat while bowling to him in pressure situations.
Khan, who is the Director of Cricket Operations for the Mumbai Indians, added that Hardik Pandya can grow into one of the best finishers in the years to come.
Hardik Pandya should work on his bowling, says Zaheer Khan
We are yet to see Hardik Pandya the all-rounder of late. After suffering a stress fracture in his lower back in October 2019, the MI all-rounder is yet to attain full fitness to resume bowling regularly. However, he did bowl four overs in the second ODI against Australia and accounted for Steve Smith.
Zaheer Khan wants Hardik Pandya to work on his bowling, since acing all three departments on the field will make the 27-year-old an asset to any side.
Hardik Pandya was the highest run-getter for the visitors in the recently concluded ODI series. He amassed scores of 90, 28 and 92* to finish with an aggregate of 210 runs at a remarkable average of 105. In the ongoing T20I series, the Baroda-born man has scored 58 runs at a strike rate of 156.76.
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