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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Rohit Sharma scored an explosive fifty in the 159-run chase to make things easy for the visitors. Now the three-match series is levelled at 1-1 with one match to spare.
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A case has been registered in Jodhpur against the trio for the comments made in Karan Johar's chat show Koffee with Karan earlier this year.
After winning the match, stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma picked out all-rounder Kedar Jadhav for special praise.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said that the determination of this Indian team is what makes it different from other teams.
Ambati Rayudu, Hardik Pandya and Yuzvendra Chahal were the stars for India in their 35-run win over New Zealand in Wellington.
Ambati Rayudu scored 90 while Hardik Pandya smashed a 22-ball 45 and took two wickets as India beat New Zealand by 35 runs to take the five-match series 4-1.
India are runaway favourites for the 50-over global tournament after dominating series wins in Australia and New Zealand.
Pandya, who is facing an inquiry for his loose talk during a TV show, did not get to bat in the third ODI against New Zealand on Monday but the 25-year-old bowled and fielded with purpose.
After the match Pandya took to Twitter to thank everyone. He tweeted, "Thank you", with a couple of photos from the match.
The Indian skipper said Pandya showed the required intensity in his comeback game and is already on the road to redemption.
Coming back into the side after the suspension on him was lifted, Pandya delivered figures of two for 45 in 10 overs and helped India restrict New Zealand for 243 in the third ODI.
It was a complete team effort after the bowlers shot New Zealand out for 243 in 49 overs with all-rounder Hardik Pandya (2/45 in 10 overs) making his presence felt with the ball as well as on the field.
Dravid's comments came in the wake of the controversy surrounding the sexist remarks made by Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul, who were suspended by the CoA.
The hosts seemed rusty against a team coming off a historic tour of Australia and know beating an in-form India will be a steep climb.
Going into the World Cup, Pandya is a very important cog in India's plans and it is pertinent that he has a number of matches under his belt.
Pandya will be sent to New Zealand to join the team at the earliest and KL Rahul will join India A squad to play the last 3 one-day games against England Lions.
The decision to lift the suspension is pending an inquiry, for which an ombudsman is to be appointed by the Supreme Court.
Filmmaker Karan Johar also said he feels very responsible for the remarks made on 'Koffee with Karan' and has spent sleepless nights wondering how to 'undo this damage'.
Karan Johar finally speaks up on the controversy sparked by Hardik Pandya's statement on Koffee With Karan 6.
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