In the T20 World Cup 2024, a match was played between India and Pakistan in New York on Sunday, June 9. In this low scoring match, Team India defeated Pakistan by 6 runs. Indian bowlers made the target of 120 runs difficult for the opposing team. Jasprit Bumrah bowled sharply and took three wickets.

Apart from Bumrah, Hardik Pandya also showed his magic with his bowling. He took two important wickets for 24 runs in his four-over spell. With this, he has become the bowler to take the most wickets (13) against Pakistan from India in T20I. Before him, this record was in the name of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (11).

Most wickets for India against Pakistan in T20Is

13 wickets – Hardik Pandya (7 matches)
11 wickets – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (7 matches)
7 wickets – Arshdeep Singh (4 matches)
6 wickets – Irfan Pathan (3 matches)
5 wickets – Jasprit Bumrah (4 matches)

He also took 3 wickets against Ireland

Hardik Pandya could not do anything special with the bat in the match and was dismissed after scoring just 7 runs in 12 balls. However, he played an important role in the team’s victory with his bowling. Earlier, against Ireland, Hardik had taken three wickets for 27 runs in four overs. Whereas he did not bat against Ireland.

Before the start of the tournament, Hardik Pandya went through a very bad form in IPL 2024. He failed to make an impression with the bat and ball. Apart from this, Mumbai Indians also could not perform well under his captaincy. When he joined Mumbai Indians after being traded from Gujarat Titans, fans trolled him fiercely on social media.

This also affected the performance of the team. The Mumbai Indians team could win only 4 out of 14 matches and finished last at the end of the league stage.