{"id":10393,"date":"2025-12-19T20:26:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=673399"},"modified":"2025-12-19T20:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:56:15","slug":"hardik-pandya-explodes-with-27-run-over-smashes-31-off-just-7-balls-vs-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/hardik-pandya-explodes-with-27-run-over-smashes-31-off-just-7-balls-vs-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardik Pandya explodes with 27-run over, smashes 31 off just 7 balls vs South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"439\">Hardik Pandya produced a breathtaking late assault during India\u2019s innings in the fifth T20I against South Africa, tearing apart George Linde in a 27-run over that completely shifted the momentum.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"802\">The onslaught came in the 14th over, where Hardik showcased a mix of power, timing, and audacity. He began the over by launching a no-look six over mid-wicket, followed by another towering six with a lofted cover drive played off the back foot. The South African bowler struggled to find answers as Hardik continued to access both sides of the ground with ease.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"804\" data-end=\"1035\">A flat-batted pull wide of long-on and a drilled four through cover compounded Linde\u2019s misery, as Hardik raced to <strong data-start=\"918\" data-end=\"951\">31 runs off just 7 deliveries<\/strong>, striking multiple boundaries with minimal foot movement and exceptional bat speed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1323\">The over not only swung the scoring rate sharply in India\u2019s favour but also visibly rattled the South African fielding unit, forcing a brief on-field discussion among the Proteas. Tilak Varma also joined the act, contributing a six in the same over as India capitalised on the pressure.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1325\" data-end=\"1462\">Hardik\u2019s explosive cameo underlined his role as a finisher, combining composure with aggressive intent at a crucial phase of the innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hardik Pandya produced a breathtaking late assault during India\u2019s innings in the fifth T20I against South Africa, tearing apart George\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}