Star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has made a sensational comeback to aggressive cricket on Tuesday, December 2 after recovering from the left quadriceps harm he sustained in the course of the Asia Cup 2025 within the UAE.
Forward of the upcoming T20Is towards South Africa, Hardik made his comeback to aggressive cricket whereas enjoying for his home facet Baroda within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), India’s home T20 match in Hyderabad.
The 32-year-old Pandya performed a superb, match-winning knock, scoring an unbeaten 77 runs off simply 42 balls (placing 7 fours and 4 sixes) and guided Baroda to a profitable chase of an enormous goal of 223 runs towards Punjab.
Hardik’s batting show partly compensated for his modest bowling effort. He returned figures of 4-0-52-1, having taken most of his punishment early on from Punjab skipper Abhishek Sharma, who raced to a 50 off simply 18 balls earlier than falling on the very subsequent supply.
The star all-rounder bagged the Participant of the Match award on his comeback and put forth a powerful case for his India return in the course of the upcoming South Africa T20I collection.
The five-game T20I collection between India and South Africa will kick off on December 9. The selectors are anticipated to call a squad for the collection within the subsequent couple of days.
When Did Hardik Pandya Final Play For India?
Hardik Pandya sustained an harm throughout India’s Asia Cup Tremendous Fours conflict towards Sri Lanka on September 26 and has been out of motion since then owing to a left quadricep harm.
He missed the ODI and T20I collection towards Australia and was additionally unavailable for choice for the continuing 50-over collection towards South Africa.
India vs South Africa T20I Collection Schedule
1st T20I, December 9 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack 7:00 PM IST
2nd T20I, December 11 Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Intl Stadium, Chandigarh (Mullanpur) 7:00 PM IST
third T20I, December 14 HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala 7:00 PM IST
4th T20I, December 17 Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow 7:00 PM IST
fifth T20I, December 19 Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad 7:00 PM IST