India are all set to return to white-ball cricket as they take on England in a five-match T20I series. The first match is set to be held on January 22 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. One of the players who will be a key part of the T20I team for India s Hardik Pandya, who will look to have an impact with both bat and ball. The former India vice-captain is eying a major record for India, as he could become the first player ever to achieve a massive feat.

Hardik Pandya has taken 14 wickets in T20Is against England. If he takes 6 more wickets in the T20I series against England, then he will become the first Indian player to take 20 wickets against England in T2oIs. If Pandya takes 3 wickets in the 1st T20I then he will surpass Yuzvendra Chahal to become the Indian with the most wickets against England.

Here are the Indians with the most T20I wickets against England

Yuzvendra Chahal- 16

Hardik Pandya- 14

Jasprit Bumrah- 9

Bhuvneshwar Kumar- 9

If Pandya manages to take 11 wickets in the series then he will surpass Chris Jordan to become the player with the most wickets in India vs England T20Is.

Hardik Pandya has scored 1700 runs in T20I cricket. He also has taken 89 wickets in the shortest format of the game for India. If he manages to take 11 more wickets, he will achieve the momentous feat of scalping 100 T20I wickets. If he achieves this feat in the series, then Pandya will become the first player from India to score more than 1500 runs and take 100 wickets in T20Is for the country.

Pandya will also become the second player ever to achieve this feat after Bangladesh legend Shakib Al Hasan. The spin bowling all-rounder scored 2551 runs and took 149 wickets in the shortest format of the game.

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