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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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.
Apart from his 58-run knock, Krunal also picked up a wicket in the game, against England, which India won by 66 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Hardik was last seen in action in the white-ball leg of the Australia tour where he scored 268 runs at 89.33 and even bagged the Player of the Series award in the T20I series.
Hardik Pandya, who underwent his back surgery in October 2019, made a comeback with the IPL last year but did not bowl.
Since suffering stress fractures in his back in 2019, Hardik has rarely bowled. He was forced to bowl during the Australia ODIs at a time when his action was undergoing a change.
Hardik was last seen in action in the white-ball leg of the Australia tour where he scored 268 runs at 89.33 and even bagged the Player of the Series award in the T20I series.
Axar Patel took 11 wickets in the pink-ball Test against England, as India secured a 10-wicket win to lead the four-match series 2-1.
The Indian all-rounder posts latest photos with son Agastya while playing with him in a swimming pool.
After being outplayed in the first Test, Virat Kohli-led India staged a remarkable turnaround to win the second Test and level the four-game series 1-1.
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