The Asia Cup 2025 is to start from 9 September. At the same time, Mahamukabala between India and Pakistan will be played on 14 September. Both teams will face face to face on the Dubai ground. Jaspreet Bumrah and Arshadeep can command fast bowling from India. But Hardik Pandya can prove to be a threat to Pakistani batsmen. Pakistan batsmen may be afraid after seeing Hardik’s record.

Hardik’s great record in Asia Cup

This time the Asia Cup will be played in T20 format. At the same time, Hardik has a great record in the Asia Cup T20 format. Hardik has played 8 matches in the tournament. During this, he has taken 11 wickets at an average of around 19 and an economy rate of 7.01. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the record for the most wickets in Asia Cup T20. Bhuvi has 13 wickets. Hardik is just three wickets away from becoming the most successful bowler of the tournament,

Hardik’s best record against Pakistan

Hardik has the best record against Pakistan in T20 International. Among the Indian bowlers, he is at the top of taking wickets. Hardik has taken 13 wickets in seven matches against Pakistan. Hardik’s average has been only 12 during this period. At the same time, his strike rate has been 9.9. The opinion of which is that he takes wickets on almost every 10th ball. At the same time, he gives only 12 runs to take every wicket.

Talk about Jasprit Bumrah, he has taken 5 wickets in T20 against Pakistan at an average of 15.20 and 5 wickets in 4 matches at a strike rate of about 17. At the same time, Arshdeep has taken 7 wickets in 4 matches at an average of 17.57 and a strike rate of 13.4.

2025 Indian team for Asia

Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (Vice -captain), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Kuldeep Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Harshit Rana and Rinku Singh.

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Hardik Pandya has been out of the Indian Test team for the last about seven years. He last played the Test match against England in the year 2018. Hardik made it to the Test team with a great all -round performance in his ODI and T20 format. He was also doing well in Tests for India. But after the waist injury, he was out of the Test team. After this, he did not return to the team.

Pandya himself is keeping distance from Test due to waist injury

Pandya’s back problem is one of those reasons, due to which he is not playing Test cricket. Talking to Cricbuzz in 2020, Pandya had told that playing Test cricket could threaten his back.

He said, “I consider myself a backup fast bowler. After my back surgery, playing Test cricket is a challenge. If I were just a Test player and I had not been a career in white ball cricket, then I could go to the Test and put my back at risk, but I know how important I am in white ball cricket.”

In 2021, Pandya returned to the Test team, but did not get a chance to play in the domestic series against England. In the first phase of IPL 2021, he did not bow down a single ball, which led to questions about his fitness again. For this reason, he was not included in the team for the 2021 World Test Championship Final and then the England Test series.

Pandya’s test career

Pandya made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in the year 2017. During this, he played a total of 11 Test matches. During this, Pandya scored 532 runs at an average of around 32. Hardik also scored four half -centuries and a century. Apart from this, Pandya also performed brilliantly in bowling. Pandya took 17 wickets in 11 matches at an average of 31.05. It also included a 5 wicket hall.

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