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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In a 48-second video shared by the Indian all-rounder, a yesteryear's young Hardik could be seen talking of his aspiration of representing India along with his brother Krunal.
They faced the pink ball for about 45 minutes with batting coach Vikram Rathour and fielding coach R Sridhar keeping an eye on the two players.
The Mumbai Indians star shared multiple photos on social media, giving fans the glimpses of how he is spending some good time with his family.
The Pandya brothers represent Baroda in India's domestic cricket.
Last week, Hardik had also penned down an emotional note for his father.
Himanshu Pandya, father of Indian cricketers Hardik and Krunal, died on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest at the age of 71.
The father of Krunal and Hardik Pandya, Himanshu Pandya passed away due to cardiac arrest on Saturday morning.
The father of Hardik and Krunal Pandya passed away in the morning hours of Saturday.
As soon as Indian skipper Virat Kohli shared the good news of his daughter's arrival, a lot of celebrities both from the Bollywood and Cricket fraternity took to social media to congratulate him and actress Anushka Sharma. The list include names of Riteish Deshmukh, wife Genelia, Madhuri Dixit, Hardik Pandya, Shikhar Dhawan, Farhan Akhtar among others.
During India's limited-overs leg of the Australia tour, the duo, without a mask, was spotted in a baby shop in Sydney.
Kohli shared a picture of their evening together, with a few other friends at the dinner table on social media.
Hardik has been spending time with his family upon returning from Australia.
Pandya is currently spending time with his family members upon his return to India.
After becoming a father in July this year, Pandya had to depart for UAE to join the Mumbai Indians (MI) camp.
The former Indian opener feels that Pandya will be back in the Test team once he resumes bowling.
Skipper Kohli scored two half-centuries in the recently concluded three-match ODI series against Australia which India lost 1-2.
VVS Laxman praised Hardik Pandya for his gesture towards T Natarajan, and also lauded the left-arm bowler for his performances on the Australian tour.
While representing Mumbai Indians (MI) in the IPL, Hardik has Kieron Pollard to complement him at the end.
There had been calls for the inclusion of the all-rounder into the Test squad only as a pure batsman after the Baroda player showed an ability to bat deep and with patience in the One-day International series
Initially drafted into the T20I squad, Natarajan was later included into the ODI squad after Navdeep Saini complained of a back spasm.
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