By Rishabh Pant And Hardik Pandya Are Indeed Match Winners- Brad Hogg: Former Australia spinner Brad Hogg has praised Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya’s excellent performance in the third ODI against England in Manchester.
Batting first, England scored 259 runs for losing all wickets. In reply, chasing the target of 260 runs, the Indian team had lost four wickets for 72 runs at one time. England’s pressure was entirely on India. At such a time, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya shared a 133-run partnership for the fifth wicket and played an essential role in winning the team.
Brad Hogg said on his YouTube channel, ‘Having the right partnership in life is very important for any success. Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant played a perfect partnership and brought India back into the match. He played very comfortably with Pant as we know him, and till the end, he batted well.
At one point, when Pant was batting with Pandya, his strike rate was 67. But the good thing is that she did not keep the strike with her for long. Both the men kept bringing each other on strike at the right time. When Hardik Pandya got out, his strike rate was 129. He hit hard on the bowlers of England, and in the end, Jadeja and Rishabh Pant won the match for India.
Hardik Pandya was player of the match: Brad Hogg
Regarding the match, Hardik Pandya took four wickets for 24 runs in the first bowling and then played an essential half-century of 71 runs with the bat.
According to Brad Hogg, Hardik Pandya was the player of the match in this match. He said, ‘Hardik Pandya initially took the wickets of Jason Roy and Ben Stokes and broke the partnership of Liam Livingstone and Jos Buttler. The England batters could not put much pressure on the Indian bowlers and kept losing their wickets. Hardik Pandya was the ‘player of the match for me.
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