In a game where the scoreboard didn’t swing in his team’s favor, Hardik Pandya still managed to carve his name into cricket’s record books.

MI captain Hardik Pandya

The Mumbai Indians skipper turned on the heat against Royal Challengers Bengaluru with a blistering 42 off just 15 balls, a knock that came like a bolt from the blue, where he hit three fours and four towering sixes.

He took two crucial wickets and proved once again why he is one of the top all-rounders. Hardik Pandya has now become the first Indian cricketer to do the double of 5000 runs and 200 wickets in T20 cricket.

In the process, he entered the elite club of cricketers who did the double of 5000 runs and 200 wickets in the truncated version of the game. And while India has produced many greats in T20 cricket, no one has ticked both the runs and wickets boxes in this format quite like Hardik.

Globally, England’s Ravi Bopara tops the charts with a staggering 9486 runs and 291 wickets in T20s. He is followed by Samit Patel, another English all-rounder with 6673 runs and 352 wickets to his name. Hardik currently sits at 12th on this illustrious list.

Despite Pandya’s personal heroics, Mumbai Indians couldn’t get across the finish line. They lost to RCB by 12 runs, slumping to their fourth defeat of the season. With just one win in five games, MI find themselves eighth on the points table, a position that doesn’t quite reflect the talent they have on paper.

Meanwhile, the five-time IPL champions will be actively figuring out ways to win the next game. Otherwise, they might not catch up in the latter stages of the tournament. They will lock horns with Delhi Capitals in the upcoming game, which won't be easy at all.

The Delhi-based franchise are on top of the table, with three wins in three games so far, with a Net Run Rate of +1.257,