Continuing his impressive run in the DY Patil T20 Cup, India all-rounder Hardik Pandya on Friday struck an unbeaten 158 off 55 balls in the semifinal clash against BPCL.
Pandya, who is making a comeback after being sidelined for a significant period due to a back injury, struck six fours and 20 sixes, guiding his side, Reliance One, impose a massive 238/4 on the board.
This was his second century of the tournament. Earlier on Tuesday, the all-rounder smashed 105 off
39 balls in a league match.
The BPCL bowlers — Sandeep Sharma (0/37), Sylvester D’Souza (1/56), India all-rounder Shivam Dube (1/40), Parikshit Valsangkar (0/28), Sagar Udeshi (0/45) and Rahul Tripathi (2/32) — were hammered by Hardik, who looks all set to make a comeback to the ODI team versus South Africa.
In terms of bowling, Hardik took a wicket and conceded just six runs in one over. India speedster Bhuvneshwar Kumar also picked up a wicket for Reliance 1.