Pandya on Sunday raised a certain curiosity among fans after he admitted that he wouldn't mind staying back for the Australia Test series if the management wants.

Michael Vaughan has predicted big things for the Indian cricketer, saying that he could be the next "global superstar" from India after MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli.

After a couple of crushing defeats in the first two ODIs, the Indians have turned a corner starting with the final ODI in Canberra.

If Pandya stays back, he could be asked to bat at No.5 or No.6, behind either Rahane or Vihari.

According to Gambhir, players like Pandya have no problems in scoring 20-25 runs in the last over.

Hardik, on Sunday, hammered two sixes in the final over bowled by Daniel Sams and steered India past the finishing line. 

Hardik, on Sunday, steered India to the victory with two balls to spare by slamming two sixes in the last over off Daniel Sams.

While all India players who featured in the series played the IPL this season, only a handful of the Australians played in the T20 league that took place in the UAE.

Coming back from a back surgery, Pandya, shone bright with the bat in the limited overs matches against Australia, helping the visitors claim the T20 series after two big losses in the preceding ODI rubber.

A swashbuckling Pandya struck 42 not out off 22 balls as he finished what Shikhar Dhawan had set out to achieve with a scintillating 36-ball 52 to set up India's series-clinching six-wicket win.

Pandya powered India to a six-wicket win with a blazing 42 off 22 balls, helping the side score 25 of 12 balls and 14 in the final over for a series-clinching victory in the second and penultimate T20 International against Australia

India revived form an ODI series set-back to win the T20I series and extend their supremacy Down Under against the Aussies with a record-extending tenth consecutive win in the format.

Although he failed to time the ball, cleanly as he always does, he managed to hit Andrew Tye for back-to-back boundaries in the penultimate over before hitting two monstrous sixes to seal the match in India's favour. 

The visitors thus avenged their 1-2 ODI series loss, chasing down a challenging 195-run target set by the home side. They won the opener in Canberra by 11 runs on Friday.

Hardik Pandya took to his official social media profile to share a picture with the Indian cricketers including captain Virat Kohli.

Sanjay Manjrekar heaped praise on India's Hardik Pandya after a stellar show with the bat in the ODI series against Australia.

Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya stitched a breathtaking and unbeaten 150-run stand in the third and final ODI of the series against Australia

Following his impressive batting, Manjrekar opioned that he his confident that Hardik will shine even if picked solely as a batsman in the ODIs.

Maxwell, who hit 59 off 38 balls, also felt that the run out of wicketkeeper Alex Carey (38) was a key moment of the game that his team lost by 13 runs

It was a memorable series for Pandya which started with a 90-run knock in the first ODI.