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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Prasad feels Hardik wouldn't squeeze into the side as a 'pure batsman', with players in Hanuma Vihari being a crucial part of India's middle-order.
On Monday, Natasa Stankovic shared another sweet video of son Agastya with father Hardik Pandya in which they can be seen bonding. The actress captioned the video, "my everything."
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In the video posted on the RR homepage on Monday, Samson, who scored an unbeaten 42 against KKR, agreed with Morris's assessment with a thumbs-up sign.
Hardik had bowled regularly during the five-match T20 series against England last month before rolling his arm over once during the following three-match ODI series as part of his workload management.
The Delhi Capitals (DC) bowler, who is playing only the second match of this season after the previous season - IPL 2020 -- was curtailed due to a finger injury, said he always likes to attack the batsmen.
Manjrekar further added that Hardik's bowling might come in handy for Mumbai in Chennai conditions where the defending champions will play four more games.
The BCCI president said that even before some of them have stepped out on international arena, they look so "ready" to take on the world which comes with exposure.
Hardik Pandya said that he is missing the crowds in the current IPL season.
Mumbai Indians, the five-time champions, lost their opening game to Royal Challengers Bangalore by two wickets.
The 27-year-old will turn up for Mumbai Indians in the lung-opener of the Indian Premier League when the defending champions take on Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday.
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In the series decider on Sunday, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya stitched a 99-run stand for the fifth wicket to make things difficult for England.
Darren Gough believes that the current crop of Indian batsmen like Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya and Shreyas Iyer is setting a template for future generations to follow.
The trio will have to undergo a mandatory period of seven days of quarantine before they can begin their preparation for the tournament.
The series is level at 1-1 and the winner in the third ODI will clinch the three-match series.
Pandya had bowled well in the T20 series, giving India an extra option. In ODIs, India have stuck to the usual five-bowler strategy.
Model and actress Natasa Stankovic along with her husband cricketer Hardik Pandya had a blast on her brother-in-law Krunal Pandya's birthday. The pictures of the trio having fun at the pool were shared by Hardik on his Instagram account.
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