Rohit Sharma: Hardik Pandya has returned with a better understanding of his game

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Rohit Sharma says since the time he (Hardik) has made his comeback, he's been brilliant

India captain Rohit Sharma feels Hardik Pandya has returned with a better understanding of his game and is more confident about what he wants to do with both bat and ball while he was the superstar as he showed an all-round performance to assist India in winning the contest.

India captain Rohit Sharma feels Hardik Pandya has returned with a better understanding of his game and is more confident about what he wants to do with both bat and ball. Hardik Pandya was the superstar as he showed an all-round performance to assist India in winning the contest. 

Hardik first took three wickets, and afterward, he played a game dominating knock of 33 runs of only 17 balls to help the team India to win this game.

“Since the time he (Hardik) has made his comeback, he’s been brilliant. When he was not part of the team, he figured out what he needs to do to his body and his fitness regime, and now he is clocking 140+ easily,”

Rohit said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

“His batting quality we all know and it’s been brilliant since his comeback. He is a lot calmer now and more confident about what he wants to do, whether it’s with the bat or with the ball,”

he added.

“He can bowl quickly, we saw that today with those short balls. It was always about just understanding his game and he’s doing that well now. In a high-pressure with 10 runs per over needed, you can panic but he never showed any of that.”

Despite restricting Pakistan to a below-par 147, it was not a straightforward chase for India as the top order faltered.

“Halfway through the chase, we still knew that we can win irrespective of the situation. We had the belief and when you have that belief, these things can happen,”

Rohit said.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam felt his bowlers did well to make the chase a precarious one.

“The way we started (with the ball), was great. We were about 10-15 runs short. “Bowlers did well to make a match of this. Our tail did step up a bit to add those handy runs,”

Babar said.

On left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz bowling the last over, Babar said:

“Thought was to take the game deep. Idea was to create pressure but Hardik finished well.”

Pacer Naseem Shah picked up two wickets on his T20I debut and the skipper was lavish in his praise for the youngster.

“He (Naseem) is a very young bowler but bowled so well, and showed so much aggression.”