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#2. Hardik blasts 61 off 31 at Mumbai, 2015

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Mumbai Indians mainstay Hardik Pandya thrashed the opposition with the bat

Kieron Pollard is a beast specially born to bat in the death overs. His massive power and amazing clarity of mind enable him to go high and handsome in the final stages of the game and he is the perfect finisher in a T20 game.

But when Pollard stays at the crease till the 20th over and is on strike for only 21 balls in the last nine overs, then something is not right. Keeping Pollard quit and over-shadowing his batting is a monumental task and this feat was achieved by Hardik Pandya at Mumbai in 2015.

Against Kolkata Knight Riders, Pandya came to the crease to give company to Pollard in the 12th over and then the duo added 92 runs in the remaining overs. Pollards' contribution in this partnership was of 24 runs.

Pandya started slowly and announced his intentions in the 17th over by thrashing Umesh Yadav for four consecutive fours. In the next over, he hammered Sunil Narine for a six over long-on.

The Mumbai batsman kept his best for the penultimate over and collared Andre Russel for two fours and one six in three balls. Mumbai added 72 runs in the final five overs and these runs proved decisive as Mumbai won the match by five runs.

Pandya slammed a memorable half-century by scoring 62 runs from 31 balls and offered a glimpse of destructive batting.

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