Hardik Pandya became the first Indian cricketer to score 1000 runs as well as take 50 wickets in a T20 International cricket career. 
The Indian team had a poor start in its first match of the T20 World Cup 2022 being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The Indian team, which came out to achieve the target of 160 runs, lost four wickets at the score of 31 runs. In this match, Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli took over the reins of the Indian team. Run machine Virat Kohli snatched the winning bet from Pakistan’s mouth during this match Hardik Pandya set a new record.
During this match, Hardik Pandya completed 1000 runs in T20 International cricket and has also taken 50 wickets. He became the first Indian cricketer to do so. In the match against Pakistan, Hardik Pandya gave only 30 runs in 4 overs. During this, he got the wickets of Shadab Khan Haider Ali, and then Mohammad Nawaz. Along with Virat Kohli, all-rounder Hardik Pandya also made a great partnership in batting.
During this match, Shan Masood scored an unbeaten 52 runs for Pakistan. Iftikhar Ahmed played a half-century innings of 51 runs. Apart from him, Shaheen Afridi contributed 16 runs in 8 balls. For India, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya took 3 wickets each while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami got one success each.
