Hardik Pandya’s batting always puts “India in a good stead,” skipper Rohit Sharma reiterated the ability of his team’s biggest ‘X-Factor’ in white-ball cricket after his fifty against Bangladesh all but put ‘Men in Blue’ into the semi-final of the T20 World Cup.

Pandya, who scored the first half-century by an Indian No. 6 in a T20 World Cup game, also took a wicket in the team’s 50-run Super 8 win against Bangladesh here on Saturday.