Former India cricketer Varun Aaron has opined on a couple of things that distinguish Hardik Pandya from other Indian batters as well. He added that Hardik keeps the top half of his body side-on despite
opening up the bottom half as well. However, India will take on New Zealand in a five-match T20I series, with the first game taking place in Nagpur on Wednesday, January 21.

During an interaction on the Star Sports show ‘Game Plan,’ Aaron said, “That’s obviously something which sets him apart. Gives him that extra second to bring those fast hands through. The second thing which distinguishes him from all the other batters in this Indian team is his ability to do two things. One is, obviously, keep his bottom half really opened, which gives him a lot of power, the base goes really wide, and then he stays really side-on from his top half. With those two things, he gives himself a lot of hip and shoulder separation, which adds a lot of twisting power.”

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However, Varun Aaron also added that Hardik Pandya is virtually equally adept against all the deliveries of all lines and lengths as well.

“The other thing is that he can access deliveries through the off side, and, obviously, if you bowl straight to him, we know how dangerous he is. He doesn’t miss anything anywhere the bowler bowls. Obviously, short is something he is always going to target, but then he has time with those shoulders to just play these (wider) deliveries with ease as well,” he said.

“As a bowler, when you look at a batter set up and somebody who has opened his foot so much, his left leg is almost on fifth leg stump, you would think that if I push it wide to him, he is going to miss it, but just because he stays so side-on with his top half, he is able to get his hands through and access the off side as well, which makes him very, very dangerous,” Varun Aaron concluded.