Hardik Pandya gets to 300 T20 sixes: Dissecting his stats
What's the story
Veteran Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya has completed 300 sixes in T20 cricket. The dasher accomplished the milestone with his first maximum in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy encounter against Punjab in Hyderabad. He went on to score an unbeaten 77 (42) as Baroda chased down 223 in the final over. This was Hardik's first competitive match since September this year. Here are his stats.
Knock
A fine hand from Hardik
Hardik arrived with the scorecard reading 92/2. The dasher powered his team with a century stand with Shivalik Sharma. While the latter retired out, Hardik shone with an unbeaten 77 off 43 balls (7 fours and 4 sixes). This was his seventh SMAT fifty as he has raced to 1,091 runs in the tournament at 41.96 (SR: 135.52). The tally also includes 59 sixes.
Stats
Here are his T20 stats
Hardik completed 300 T20 sixes (now 303) in his 309th encounter. The Indian all-rounder has raced to 5,700 runs with 22 half-centuries to his name, as per ESPNcricinfo. His strike rate reads 142.67. 2,749 of his T20 runs and 148 of his sixes have come in the Indian Premier League (IPL). With his medium-pace bowling, Pandya has also taken 209 T20 wickets at 28.26.
T20Is
Nearly 100 sixes in T20Is
In T20Is, Pandya has scored 1,860 runs across 120 games at an average of 27.35 (50s: 5). The dasher owns a strike rate of 141.01 as his sixes tally has raced to 96. He can soon become the fourth Indian with a century of T20I sixes. Pandya would join Rohit Sharma (205), Suryakumar Yadav (154), and Virat Kohli (124).