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.
Read MorePathan feels that for Hardik to make a similar impact like Stokes, he needs to bat up the order for Team India like he has done for Mumbai Indians in IPL.
Hardik hasn't played red-ball cricket since the England tour in 2018. The back issue had put him on the sidelines for the Australia tour later in the same year.
Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal shared a fun picture with teammates Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav from the 2019 World Cup.
On Friday, cricketer Hardik Pandya took to Instagram to share a beautiful family picture featuring Natasa Stankovic and their pets. The picture shows Natasa lying on Hardik's lap flaunting her baby bump as their pet dogs surround them. The cricketer simply captioned the photo 'Family'.
Social media was filled with images and videos of Hardik and Krunal arriving in Ranchi for the celebration
Hardik took to Instagram on Saturday to share a video of him doing back-clap push-up workout, and challenged teammates Kohli, KL Rahul, and brother Krunal to perform the workout.
Virat Kohli posted a video on Instagram nailing the push-ups and he also added a clap to it.
Hardik Pandya further emphasized on how players like Kohli, Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni don't like being at no.2.
Stuck at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has brought the world to a standstill, Hardik has been posting about his fun activities on social media platforms.
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya has turned to hone his cooking skills as cricket action remains at standstill.
Pandya can be seen getting ready for a session of PubG while Natasa is preparing herself for her "morning stretching."
Three wickets in three balls (two caught outs and one run-out) helped India beat Bangladesh by one solitary run and continued their progress in the tournament.
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya heaped praise on Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma.
After Hardik Pandya and Natasa Stankovic's engagement earlier this year, the cricketer's ex-girlfriend Elli AvrRam shared a photo of herself with angelic wings along with a cryptic post on Instagram. In a recent interview, she opened up about the same and made it clear that it wasn't for him.
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya opened up on his relationship with former captain MS Dhoni.
Natasa Stankovic and Hardik Pandya are expecting their first child. The duo took to their Instagram handles on Sunday to announce the news to their fans.
There weren't any big surprises in any of his selection with four players from Mumbai Indians, two each from Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, and one apiece from Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Speaking of support, Indian skipper Kohli, coach Ravi Shastri and NCA Director Rahul Dravid are also among those, Pandya feels grateful to.
Pandya hasn't played a Test since September 2018, appearing in a total of 11 five-day matches, but has cemented his place as a big-hitting all-rounder in the limited-overs formats.
Pandya admitted to enduring a phase in his career when he went "off the board" and tried too hard to fit in based on other people's opinion of him.
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