Hardik Pandya will flip as much as play the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, India’s home T20 match, underneath brother Krunal Pandya’s captaincy. Hardik will bolster the Baroda squad as they appear to do one higher than runner-up end from final 12 months’s version.
India’s premier all-rounder lately featured within the 4 T20Is vs South Africa and can now be part of the Baroda squad for what will be a star-studded match that includes loads of worldwide regulars. Hardik final performed within the SMAT again within the 2016 version as his India commitments did not enable him a window to function for the home aspect.
Krunal, in the meantime, has been in high contact and has had a stellar begin to the home season. The southpaw led Baroda within the first section of the Ranji Trophy and the aspect received 4 matches, together with a well-known win over Mumbai, out of their 5 fixtures to high Group A of the Elite Division.
It has been a memorable season for the left-hander with the bat, too, as he has collected 367 runs from seven innings and has hit 100 and three half-centuries. Previous to the red-ball match, he featured within the KSCA (Karnataka State Cricket Affiliation) match the place he scored 100 within the ultimate to guide the aspect to the title.
He would now look to proceed with the run within the shortest format and do extra of what he did within the 2023 version of the SMAT. Baroda misplaced the title conflict to Punjab underneath Krunal’s captaincy and the all-rounder was the aspect’s main run-getter with 323 runs, together with three half-centuries. He was very efficient with the ball too and chipped in with seven wickets and went at an financial system charge of simply 6.03.
The home competitors will get underway on 23 November and Baroda are positioned in Group B alongside Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Saurashtra, Karnataka and Sikkim.
