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 MorePandya smashed an eight-ball 25 and then picked up three wickets to power Mumbai Indians to a 37-run win over Chennai Super Kings.
BCCI officials feel that the punishment cannot be bigger than the crime and the players have already paid for their mistake.
Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul were provisionally suspended by the CoA for their comments on chat show "Koffee With Karan" before the ban was lifted pending inquiry by the Ombudsman.
The spinning all-rounder also backed brother Hardik to continue the form he showed in Bengaluru on Thursday.
MI skipper Rohit Sharma believes that these mistakes shouldn't happen as they are game changers.
The CoA had addressed an email to Jain, requesting him to consider if he would be willing to assume the role and discharge the functions of the BCCI ethics officer.
Rohit Sharma's MI will take on Shreyas Iyer's DC in their opening match today at the Wankhede in Mumbai.
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These games were the last of the 50-over competition for India going into the World Cup commencing on May 30 in England.
Zaheer has observed that Hardik's injury is about the impact on the follow-through which has caused him problems.
Mumbai Indians has posted a picture of the team's training session at the Wankhede Stadium on their official Twitter account.
India surrendered the five-match series 2-3 to Australia despite being 2-0 up and as India's preparation for the World Cup comes to an end, questions remained regarding the team combination.
Pandya and Rahul were in the eye of a massive storm following their sexist comments on 'Koffee With Karan' in January.
Dressed in a bright sherwani, Karan Johar matched steps with Hardik Pandya, who chose a cool blue kurta with a sleeveless Nehru jacket at the lively and colourful wedding procession of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta.
Both Pandya and Rahul were sent home from the tour of Australia following their controversial remarks which triggered a massive controversy, leading to their provisional suspension.
Rahul and Pandya were provisionally suspended for their sexist remarks on a popular TV show but their suspension was eventually revoked pending an inquiry.
The Supreme Court had appointed its former judge DK Jain as the BCCI Ombudsman last month to resolve disputes.
Rahul hopes that it is a blessing in disguise that he courted controversy early in his international career.
The BCCI Medical team decided to rest the all-rounder and let him undergo strength and conditioning work for his lower back at the NCA.
Former Australian opener Matthew Hayden feels that Marcus Stoinis is developing into a world-class all-rounder is a tad unlucky not to be playing a little bit more Test cricket.
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