The Indian cricket team all-rounder Hardik Pandya contributed well with both bat and ball as Rohit Sharma-led team won the first T20I against Bangladesh in Gwalior on Sunday. Hardik scored an aggressive 39 not out off only 16 balls and took 1 wicket for 26 runs to top the charts for the Indian cricket team. Hardik’s performance received much appreciation from the audience and the cricketing fraternity but the former Indian fast bowler RP Singh opines that it is too early to make any such statements as far as his evolution is concerned since Bangladesh is not the right team to assess that.
“Bangladesh team ko leke kisi ka true form judge karna, mujhe lagta hai itna sahi soch nahi hai. (I think there’s no sense in judging a player’s true form against the Bangladesh team). Woh jo khiladi ho rahe hain woh ek level par nahi hai abhi,” RP Singh, who is a cricket analyst for Jio Cinema said to the press.
“Hardik did well, he is capable for things like that. But in my opinion that is incorrect to rate performance against such team. Do that maybe against a better team or in a better competition.”
Apart from his batting capabilities, Hardik also entails an ample amount of assistance to the bowling department, thanks to his fast bowler role. It was also pointed out by RP Singh that it was a good thing that he bowled his entire quota of four overs in the match against Bangladesh and termed it a good omen for the captain Rohit Sharma and his team.
“What is good to see is that Hardik Pandya is bowling four overs. There was always a question as to whether he can bowl his full quota or not but he is doing that well now. His batting was always good, where he has improved is in his bowling and fitness. Performance solely Bangladesh team ko dekh ke mujhe nahi lagta hume excited hone chahiye. There are a lot of real tests still coming,” he added.
