India vs South Africa: Hardik Pandya Achieves Rare T20I Milestone in 3rd T20I Win

India all-rounder Hardik Pandya made history in the third T20I against South Africa. He became the first fast-bowling all-rounder to score 1,000 T20 runs and take 100 wickets.

Only three other all-rounders have done this before, and they were all spinners. Before Hardik, Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Nabi, and Sikandar Raza have achieved the rare double. The Indian star achieved the feat after completing his 100 wickets in the format. He already had scored 1000 runs in T20I cricket.

Meanwhile, Hardik achieved another huge record with his 100th wicket when he removed Tristan Stubbs in the first innings. Along with 1000-plus runs and 100-plus wickets, Hardik has also hit over 100 sixes in the T20I format, a milestone he recently achieved.

Hardik Pandya became the first Indian and only the fourth player in the world to achieve this rare milestone, joining Raza, Nabi, and Virandeep Singh. India easily beat South Africa in the third T20I. Abhishek Sharma gave India a strong start with a quick 35 off 18 balls.

The rest of the batters were slower in the middle, but the target was small, so India won comfortably. Shubman Gill made a run-a-ball 28, while Tilak Varma, coming in at No.3, scored an unbeaten 34-ball 25 as the Indian batters slowed down in the middle.

Captain Suryakumar Yadav had another underwhelming outing as he made 12 from 11 balls, before being caught at deep fine-leg. Shivam Dube had a brief outing in the middle as he made an unbeaten 10 from four balls, finishing the things with a six and a four off Ottneil Baartman.