Indian wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik feels Hardik Pandya will be the most valuable asset for Team India in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2021, which will be played in the UAE and Oman from October 17 to November 14.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya has the ability to score quick runs on any kind of pitch. He can smash long sixes and can provide India with bonus runs.

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“Hardik Pandya bats at No 6, he has a job to do every time he comes in, he has the potential to take the game away in the whiff of a breath that’s how good he is,” Karthik said on Star Sports show Game Plan.

“With the ball, he is very good with it, he is very handy, he can bowl at 85-87 mph, but also mix in the slower ones.

“Over the period of time, he has shown the mind what’s between your ears they say to be very strong, very calculated and he is somebody who can come and deliver on slow wickets very well, and that’s one of his strengths, so I am looking forward to him as a gun fielder as well,” he added.

Karthik feels Virat Kohli’s team will be a strong contender to win the T20 World Cup 2021.

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“I think it is 14 years that have gone by it’s very interesting to know that it has been that long I think that also means 14 seasons of IPL, so basically, we have a lot of T20 experience in that team,” he further added.

“Every guy there has played 150, if not 200 T20 matches, which should give them enough data to take from every time they had a big moment, and that’s what you require; experience to handle those big moments and hence I have no doubt that they will qualify to the semi-finas. I think India has it in them overall. Fingers crossed, they go all the way.”

India will start their T20 World Cup 2021 campaign against arch-rival Pakistan on October 24 in Dubai.