Australia-bound Hardik Pandya enhanced his reputation as a big-hitter by smacking eight sixes in an unbeaten 86 to power Baroda to a six-wicket win over Vidarbha in the Group A cricket opener of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Super League in Mumbai on Friday.

The 46-ball pyrotechnics of the 22-year-old batsman, who has been picked in the Indian team for the T20 leg of the series in Australia that follows the ongoing ODI series Down Under, helped Baroda chase down their 163-run target in 19 overs at the Wankhede Stadium.