Hardik Pandya Enters Unwanted Record List With His Slow Knock vs South Africa

Hardik Pandya [Source: @Hardikgallery/x.com]

India are under pressure against South Africa in the second T20I of the four match series. The visitors have been put under pressure with brilliant bowling from the South African bowlers atthe St. George's Park. 

The South African skipper, Aiden Markram put India to bat after the winning the second toss of the series. Marco Jansen responded to the captain's call by dismissing the hero of the previous game, Sanju Samson in the first over. 

After the early loss of Samson, the Indian team struggled to recover from the jolt. They kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were struggling at 45/4 in the eighth over when Hardik Pandya walked out to bat in the middle.

Hardik Pandya Plays The Third Slowest Knock For India In T20Is

The conditions were not ideal to bat on and Pandya tried to adjust himself to the conditions. He took a cautious approach and in the process played away some dots. However, it was his partnership with Arshdeep Singh that got India to a competitive total of 124/6 in 20 overs. 

Although it was fighting effort by Pandya, his strike rate of 86.67 during the knock made it the third slowest by an Indian in T20Is (After playing more than 40 deliveries).

India Fighting To Win The Series

At the time of writing India have taken four wickets of South Africa. The visitors have posted 66 runs in 12 overs and are struggling to go past the target.

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