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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According to Virender Sehwag, Hardik Pandya is one that has become irreplaceable in recent times.
Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul impressed everyone in IPL 2019 while David Warner's return to the IPL after a gap of one year was filled with runs.
Pandya stated that he believed that Mumbai will emerge as winners and complete the '4-0' whitewash of CSK this season.
Shrugging the off-field controversies, Hardik was in his element scoring 402 runs at a strike-rate of 191 plus and 14 wickets apart from 11 catches.
In an exclusive interview to indiatvnews.com, Markande said that experience makes one better and that's what makes Hardik more ferocious this season.
Hardik Pandya has stepped up for Mumbai Indians this season and he has now sent a clear warning ahead of the final of the tournament.
After Qualifier 1, Hardik Pandya took to Instagram to post a photo with his idol and Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Chennai have not defeated Mumbai at home in the last nine years and have lost to the Rohit Sharma-led side on both occasions in IPL 2019.
Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma credited Sunday's easy win to team effort and said it showed his side did not depend on just a few players.
Kolkata Knight Riders will move into the playoffs if they beat Mumbai Indians while the latter will go second if they come out on top in the last league game of IPL 2019.
Krystal D'souza took to her Instagram to share a picture with her ‘bhai’ Hardik Pandya and captioned it saying, “Mere Bhai Jaisa Koi Hard ich Nahi Hai."
The 25-year-old has been in remarkable form this IPL and his Mumbai Indians teammate Yuvraj hopes that he extends his explosive run to the 50-over mega event.
Sachin Tendulkar said on Thursday that good form of Indian players in IPL 2019 will help them in the 2019 World Cup in England Wales.
Pandya has been in terrific form in this IPL season, having smashed 27 sixes and 25 fours, most of them in the last few overs, while amassing 355 runs in 12 games.
Pandya has so far amassed 355 runs in 12 games, studded with 27 sixes and 25 fours, with the last being the blistering 91 off 34 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens.
Chasing 233, Hardik's 91 from 34 balls kept MI in the hunt till his dismissal swung the game in favour of KKR at the Eden Gardens.
Hardik Pandya was the sole shining light for Mumbai Indians with a swashbuckling 91 off 34 balls (4x6, 6x9), his highest score in this format, as Mumbai managed 198/7 in 20 overs.
The management decided to release the players after their game against Rajasthan Royals on April 20 and the players will reunite in Chennai on April 25
The ombudsman noted that the players had already missed out on earning of about Rs 30 lakh as they had been sent back from the tour of Australia.
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