Often being compared with India’s World Cup winning captain and all-rounder Kapil Dev, Hardik Pandya has substantiated the comparisons on many occasions with his hard-hitting abilities and brisk seam bowling. Along with his playing style, his experiments with hairstyles and hair colours make him stand out among his peers. But he plays as flamboyantly on field as he carries himself off the field. Pandya is truly a find of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as his heroics with Mumbai Indians booked his berth for the Indian cricket team. Following a successful IPL 2015 and Syed Mushtaq Ali domestic T20 tournament in 2016, the Gujarati all-rounder made his debut for Team India on January 26, 2016, in a T20I match against Australia at Adelaide. It took him a few months to break into the 50-over set up as he debuted in ODI cricket on October 16, 2016, playing New Zealand at the picturesque HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala. With a fifty on his Test debut, Pandya played his first longest-format game for India on July 26-29, 2017, against Sri Lanka at Galle.
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Hardik has very clearly expressed how he always enjoyed the responsibility and wants to be someone to lead his troops from the front. His style of captaincy has forced many cricketing pundits to compare his ways with none other than MS Dhoni, a man who led team India to three ICC trophies.
Hardik Pandya will be appearing in his 5th IPL final when Gujarat Titans take on the Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
In his short international career, Hardik Pandya has seen it all - highs and lows, injuries, surgery, being embroiled in controversies - but he says he faces them with a smiling face.
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Hardik Pandya will be instrumental in Gujarat Titans' game vs Rajasthan Royals in the Qualifier 1. He has put in the hard yards, and the results are for everyone to see.
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Hardik smashed 87 runs in just 52 balls with the help of eight boundaries and four maximums.
Hardik scored fifty in just 33 balls with the help of six boundaries and a maximum.
The BCCI is checking on all its centrally contracted players -- injured or otherwise -- before the IPL and Pandya's performance, during his two days at the NCA, can also be seen as a good sign for Indian cricket.
Gujarat Titans start their IPL campaign against Lucknow Super Giants on March 28 at the Wankhede stadium.
The most interesting aspect to watch during the tests would be whether the 28-year-old gets clearance to bowl full tilt in the cash-rich league where Titans would start their campaign against Lucknow Supergiants on March 28.
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The Baroda player Hardik had decided to skip the Ranji Trophy, which began on February 17, to focus on his India comeback in white-ball cricket.
Due to a lower back injury, the star Indian all-rounder is yet to play any competitive match post the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 in UAE which got over in November 2021.
The 28-year-old all-rounder wants to focus on his India comeback in white-ball cricket.
The Gujarat born cricketer Hardik Pandya is excited as he will be playing for a franchise of his home state.
Pandya's back problem had led to him not bowling a lot in the past two years but he intends to "surprise" everyone during the upcoming Indian Premier League where he would be captaining the CVC-owned Ahmedabad franchise.
A video of Hardik Pandya dancing with his grandmother on the song 'Srivalli' from Allu Arjun's 'Pushpa' is going viral on social media. Previously, Australian cricketer David Warner, posted a couple of videos in which he tries to catch up with the ongoing 'Pushpa' mania. Warner also posted a fun video featuring himself in a few iconic scenes from 'Pushpa: The Rise' instead of Allu Arjun.
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