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Hardik Pandya madness in Vijay Hazare Trophy- 34 runs in an over for maiden List A ton

Mayank

Hardik Pandya scored his first List A hundred [Source: JioHotstar]Hardik Pandya scored his first List A hundred [Source: JioHotstar]

Saturday morning saw Hardik Pandya's return to fifty-over cricket as he donned Baroda colours in the Vijay Hazare Trophy against Vidarbha in Round 5 fixtures of the competition, with teams targetting the knockouts berth from Elite Group B in Rajkot.

Having played his last fifty-over match back in the ICC Champions Trophy Final, Hardik came back like he never left, with a berserk knock to score his first List A century, scoring 34 runs in an over and rescuing his team from a tough situation. Here's how things panned out.

Hardik Pandya scores 34 runs off an over

While batting at 66*(62), the India all-rounder faced left-arm orthodox spinner Parth Rekhade in the 39th over of the first innings and as is his second nature, he put the bowler under pressure right from ball number 1 and induced further mistakes from the spinner.

Following the first couple of sixes in the over, Rekhade missed his lengths on the next two deliveries, banging it short and in the batter's range, who was never missing his chances, as he found himself unbeaten at 96 and with a chance to score a historic six sixes in an over. However, the spinner decided to bowl a yorker, which was well negotiate by the 32-year-old, as he hit it straight down the ground for a four to complete his first century in the format.

Rekhade to Pandya 39th over: 6; 6; 6; 6; 6; 4

Notably, just a few overs ahead of the over, the same bowler almost got Pandya out at the 32.4 over mark on a length ball on the fourth stump, but unfortunately for Rekhade, Yash Rathod at long on couldn't hold onto the catch and Pandya took a single to move on to 57*.

This century from the batter also came in at a crucial point, as Vidarbha found themselves all over Baroda after they had reduced them to 71/5 in 19.1 overs when he walked in to bat and soon lost his brother Krunal at 23(50), when the score read 136/6 in 30.3 overs.

As things stand, Pandya has guided them to 258/7 in 45 overs and is currently batting at 132*(89) with the help of 8 fours and 11 towering sixes to his name.