Hardik Pandya reflects on his match-winning performance against Pakistan

Hardik Pandya (PC: Twitter)

The Indian fans finally breathed a sigh of relief when Hardik Pandya smoked a six towards the long-on area to help India seal the game against Pakistan on Sunday (August 28). 

In the first half of the game, Pakistan succumbed to the skillful bowling attack of the Indian team. The experienced campaigner Bhuvneshwar Kumar led from the front to take four wickets.

Featuring in his first multi-nation tournament after recovering from injury, Pandya was calculative with his line-lengths to finish with figures of 3/25 in four overs. 

Pandya thinks it was critical to gauge the situation well during his bowling, and thinks hard lengths have been a go-to ball to dismiss batters all through his international career. 

"In bowling, it's important to assess the situations and use your weapons. For me, bowling short and hard lengths have been my strengths. It's about using them well and asking the right questions to make the batters commit a mistake, " Hardik said in the post-match presentation ceremony.