Delhi: India’s star all -rounder Hardik Pandya has left a lot of impact from his performance in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Even though their innings have been small, their effect has been big. Now he has come close to breaking Sourav Ganguly’s 20 -year -old record in the final against New Zealand. This final match will be played in Dubai on 9 March, Sunday.
31 -year -old Hardik did not get a chance to bat in the first match of Champions Trophy 2025 and he could not take any wicket in bowling. But, he took 2 important wickets in the second match against Pakistan. In the match played against New Zealand, he played an important innings of 45 runs and also took 1 wicket. He performed a bang against Australia and played a fiery innings of 28 runs and also took 1 wicket, which helped the team to win.
The record of hitting the most sixes in the history of Champions Trophy is currently named after former India captain Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly played his last Champions Trophy match in 2004 and scored 665 runs in 11 innings of 13 matches, including 17 sixes.
Now Pandya has reached very close to this record. He has hit 15 sixes in only 6 innings of only 9 matches. That is, he can now break Ganguly’s 20 -year -old record with just 3 sixes and can become the highest sixes batsman in Champions Trophy history.
Batsman who hit the most sixes in Champions Trophy
- Sourav Ganguly (India) – 17
- Hardik Pandya (India) – 15*
- Chris Gayle (West Indies) – 15
- David Miller (South Africa) – 14
- Eoin Morgan (England) – 14
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