Hardik Pandya’s cricket is visceral in nature. Your primary instincts take center stage.
It can be brutal with the bat, bowls with rhythm, it has nothing on the field.
Negativity does not obscure your thinking even during adversity; with him, it is a pure and unbridled aggression.
Hardik’s explosive and changing game against the Australians here Sunday was a lot about relying on their strengths.
If it is placed under the ball, it invariably ends in the stands. It also has the delicate touch; he arches his back, waits and dries up rises on the slip rope.
Hardik combines power with the work of the feet. This tall and stretched boy is strong of any foot, employs the pull against the pacemen.
Hardik is critical for India plans in the longer formats as well. In testing campaigns away from the subcontinent, their presence allows the side to play an additional player or strengthen the batting. Balance the eleven.
Strange race
Genuine all-terrain is a rare race and anyone who demolishes attacks like Hardik makes and bowls in over 140 kmph on a constant basis brings a lot to the table.
This naturally athletic 23-year-old Vadodara “impact” player is rolling with more control without abandoning his speed.
Bowling coach Bharat Arun realizes the value of Hardik.
Former Indian physicist Nitin Patel, who has observed Hardik closely the Mumbai Indians, told The Hindu: “He’s a very spontaneous person, he does things his way and he’s not afraid of failure.”
Nitin added, “Hardik is someone who likes to express himself. He is also hardworking.”
Before joining Baroda’s team, Hardik played duels between villages for a few hundred rupees. He has gone up the hard road; those years of struggle have hardened him.
If the iceman M.S. Dhoni held the Indian shifts together and Hardik blew the Australian players, Indian supporters Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal showed their precious qualities. Former Legionary of India V.V. Kuldeep said, “Kuldeep has a very misleading action, but I think the Australian hitters, including Steve Smith and David Warner, made mistakes by playing Kuldeep off the field, so they should watch their hand carefully to pick up their variations.
Versatile
The left arm wrist row was versatile according to Kumar.
“He gets the side spin, bowls the chinaman and sends down a very-well hidden top-spinner.”
Crucially, there is field fizz for Kuldeep; He gives you the revolutions on the ball.
Turning his attention to Chahal, Kumar remarked: “His basic knowledge is so strong. Chahal’s career, the release, and release trip remind me of the classic spinners of the past.”
Kumar elaborated, “Chahal releases the ball from the 12 o’clock position, delivery from the top of his head.
“There’s more spin-up and bounce on your bowling than on side effects.”
The fact that Chahal threw his googlies from the fourth finger, made him hide his googlies very well, Kumar felt.
While Australians need to discover a way against the striking India striker-spin duo, they also have to sort out their bowling combination.
Once Pat Cummins and Nathan Coulter-Nile were out, there was much less pressure on the Indian hitters at the ODI here.
And left-handed spinner Ashton Agar is a better bet than Legge Adam Zampa in a rightist-dominated Indian lineup.
Australians have a difficult road ahead.
They have to be smart with the selection.
