Batting first, Pakistan posted a mammoth total of 338 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Young opener Fakhar Zaman slammed a brilliant century to guide Pakistan to the formidable total.
The Indian batsmen looked unconvincing from the very beginning as Rohit Sharma went out for a duck. Captain Virat Kohli followed Sharma as he departed when India had scored only 6 runs. After losing 6 wickets for 72 runs, Pandya put up some fight against the Pakistani. He scored 76 off 43 balls. Due to an unfortunate misunderstanding with partner Ravindra Jadeja, Pandya had to walk out. All in all it was a complete domination from the Pakistani side, but Hardik Pandya’s feat in this lost cause will give something to cheer for the Indian fans.
He was unfortunate enough to get a runout by Jadeja.
Pandya’s knock just beat the effort of Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchirst, who had scored a half-century off 33 balls, also against Pakistan at the ICC World Cup final at Lord’s in 1999.Coincidentally, Mohammad Hafeez, who scored a 50 off 34 balls in the Pakistan first innings here earlier on Sunday held the record for the second-fastest 50 in a final, till he was relegated to third position by Pandya.
he wrote one his twitter though later deleted, ” Humme to apno ne lootagairo mai kya dumm tha”
