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 MoreKohli, in a very subtle yet strong manner, put across his point about Hardik's absence from the side.
While reiterating that in the past players were prone to making mistakes as well, Dravid emphasised the need for training players.
The programme will also include all the age-group national teams and the A squads.
Hardik Pandya has been suspended pending inquiry for his objectionable comments on women in Karan Johar's chat show Koffee with Karan.
Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul have been suspended pending an inquiry for their sexist comments on a TV chat show.
Around 14 state units had requested BCCI acting president CK Khanna to convene an emergent SGM, which needs to be called in 10 days.
The top court said it will hear the matter next week after senior advocate P S Narasimha, the new amicus curiae is available to assist it in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) case.
The controversy was triggered by Pandya and Rahul's much-condemned statements on celebrity talk-show Koffee with Karan.
Despite an apology to fans and their own teammates, Pandya and Rahul were suspended by the BCCI and ousted from a three-match ODI series against Australia in Sydney.
Dhawan said the team is looking to make history by winning the first ever bilateral ODI series on Australian soil, following up on the 2-1 Test series' win .
Pandya has refused to leave the house or take phone calls, as revealed by his father Himanshu Pandya.
It is learnt that both players deposed via telephone after having tendered unconditional apologies in reply to the fresh show cause notices issued by the BCCI.
The cricketer, along with opener KL Rahul, was earlier suspended pending an inquiry by the BCCI.
Taufel said that Pandya and Rahul have their careers lying ahead and remained hopeful they will come out of the incident as better persons.
Brought back midway from the tour of Australia, Pandya and Rahul's immediate fate hangs in balance with the World Cup less than four months away.
Sreesanth said that those who had erred worse than Rahul and Pandya had gotten away with it in the past and slammed them for targeting the duo now.
Here is a look at the timeline of events since that fateful 'Koffee with Karan' episode featuring the duo was aired.
During last year's World Cup, Gill had played a 'short arm jab' that seemed straight out of Kohli's batting manual.
This is the first India call-up for 19-year-old batsman Shubman Gill, who has been in brilliant form for Punjab in the ongoing Ranji Trophy.
Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul would be sent back from Australia as soon as possible according to people in the BCCI as they are suspended pending enquiry.
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