#4 India vs Pakistan, ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Final

In a complete dismal show otherwise, Hardik Pandya's belligerent batting was the highlight for India. Coming in to bat with India reeling on 54/5, he scored a scintillating 76 off 43 balls with the help of four fours and six humongous sixes. In the 23rd over of the innings, the right-hander tore apart Shadab Khan with a hat-trick of sixes to bring up his fifty in just 32 balls.
The match was emphatically going into the favour of Pakistan before Hardik started an unbelievable exhibition of six hitting. He dispatched Shadab over cow corner before a mammoth hit towards mid-wicket, and then made it a hat-trick with a mighty six straight down the ground. He was all over the Pakistani spinners and rained six sixes against them.
However, his effort was not enough and India went on to lose the all-important final by 180 runs.
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