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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Pant joined the elite club of Naren Tamhane, Kiran More and Naman Ojha -all of whom took five catches on their Test debuts.
This is the first time that Pandya has made such a huge impact with the ball in hand for India in Tests.
Pandya has had a dry spell with the bat and ball so far in the ongoing India-England Test series and has been at the receiving end of some heavy criticism from former cricketers and fans.
Pandya's decision to post a picture on Instagram came with consequences as the fans didn't hesitate to diss the all-rounder for his performances.
A number of cricketers used social media platforms to express gratitude towards their nation and countrymen.
It was a 189-run sixth wicket stand between Chris Woakes (120 batting) and Jonny Bairstow (93) that has virtually killed the contest. India will now need a miracle to make a comeback.
In recent times, all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been compared to 1983 World Cup winner Kapil Dev but legendary batsman, Sunil Gavaskar, was not at all amused when asked about the two's comparison.
Former India captain and IndiaTV cricket expert Sourav Ganguly spoke to India TV on India's 31-run loss against England in Birmingham Test.
Kohli admitted that he would have loved to take even a slender lead over England before his team fell short of matching their score by 13 runs.
Indian allrounder Hardik Pandya posted a photo with wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik showing his brotherhood love.
After finishing his own batting session, Kohli advised his teammates on how to tackle the swinging Duke ball in England.
Ganguly seemed much impressed with Pandya's heroics as he told IndiaTV during the show 'Cricket Ki Baat'.
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.
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