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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Hardik Pandya played a major role with both bat and ball in India's seven-wicket win against England in the third T20I in Bristol.
India defeated England by seven wickets to clinch the three-match series 2-1 at the County Ground, Bristol, on Sunday.
As the Men in Blue gear up for the three-match T20Is, after a hectic net session, the two decided to relieve their stress by dancing. Take a look.
With Bumrah being ruled out of the T20 series after sustaining a thumb injury, Bhuvneshwar Kumar will have to shoulder additional responsibility at the death overs.
Amidst all fireworks, the 24-year-old batsman found most of the motivation from a little 'cheerleader' - MS Dhoni's daughter Ziva.
Skipper Kohli, Pandya, Rahul, Dhawan and Karthik were seen enjoying a sunny day out ahead of the 2nd and last T20I of the two-match series which India lead 1-0. Take a look.
Former India opener Aakash Chopra said if India can't play Hardik Pandya in top five, then there's no utility of Pandya as a batsman.
Hardik Pandya was recently linked with Hate Story 4 actress Urvashi Rautela.
Shami has replaced all-rounder Pandya, who has pulled out due to a viral inflection, and will join Dinesh Karthik as the second India player in the World XI squad.
Mumbai Indians are the defending champions and have lifted the coveted IPL title three times in the league's history.
Sent into bat at the Eden Gardens, defending champions MI scored an imposing 210 for 6, riding on 19-year-old Kishan's 21-ball 62, studded with five fours and six sixes, and then bowled KKR out for 108 in 18.1 overs.
Pandya notched up a 20-ball 35 not out in MI's match-winning total of 181 at the Wankhede Stadium before capturing 2 for 19 to snatch the purple cap by becoming the leading wicket-taker with 14 scalps to his credit.
The ICC World XI will play a Twenty20 International against the Windies at Lord's on May 31 to raise funds for stadiums in the Caribbean damaged by hurricanes last year.
Other Asians who have already confirmed for the match are Pakistan's Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik, and Thisara Perera of Sri Lanka.
Laxman said gone were the days when one focused on one skillset adding these days one needs to master the other skills too.
Disappointed at the loss against Sunrisers on Tuesday, Mumbai Indians coach Jayawardene blamed the batsmen for not taking responsibility during their chase.
Hardik Pandya was spotted with Urvashi Rautela at a party where the two were seen exchanging flirtatious looks with each other.
The freak injury had happened off the final delivery of the Mumbai Indians innings bowled by Dwayne Bravo. Pandya wanted to go for a second run but twisted his ankle.
Pandya, who remained unbeaten on 22 off 20 balls, forged a fine 52-run stand with elder brother Krunal, who smashed 41 off 22 balls.
Aalim Hakim is the renowned hairstylist based in Mumbai and is known to cut the manes of prominent Bollywood celebs and Indian cricketers.
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