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, who is currently preparing for the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was embroiled in a controversy after a fake Twitter account bearing his name lashed out at Ambedkar for introducing reservation policy.
Pandya, in a tweet, had reportedly said, “Which Ambedkar ??? The one who drafted a cross law and constitution or the one who spread the disease called reservation in the country”.
Rahul and Karthik took a dig at Pandya in an entertaining way and said that his antics on tours light up the room. Take a look.
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For the former skipper, any all-rounder should be strong in one of the two skill sets and for him Pandya is primarily a batting all-rounder.
Kapil also spoke about young all-rounder Hardik Pandya and said he needs to "work harder on his batting" as that is his primary skill as an all-rounder.
Lately, the 27-year old all-rounder has fared reasonably well in the domestic circuit especially in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and Vijay Hazare tournament, he showcased his hitting prowess with quite a few crucial cameos for Tamil Nadu.
Allrounder Pandya is currently busy playing T20Is for India, which recently clinched their maiden ODI series in South Africa.
Pandya, who has been compared with India's all-time great all-rounder Kapil Dev in past, failed miserably on the South African soil.
Pollock has observed Pandya's actions carefully and says that the all-rounder's actions will cement his place in the team alongside the current Indian skipper in the long run.
Pandya proved to be the fulcrum of India's attack in their 73-run win over South Africa in the fifth ODI in Port Elizabeth.
Former India captain Kris Srikkanth feels MS Dhoni hasn't been able to drive his shots the way he used to do in the past.
“People have such strong mentality that no matter what I say [about Hardik], they will be like, ‘Oh, she is lying. We know the truth. She is hiding something", says Elli.
Team India are off to Johannesburg where they won the third and final Test match and all-rounder Hardik Pandya took to social media to state that the team is on their way.
India, who have a poor ODI record in South Africa, are set for improvement after being 2-0 up in the six-match series.
Pandya, 24, is often considered as India's best all-rounder since the days of the legendary Dev who guided India to its first ever World Cup in 1983.
Mumbai Indians are the only team in the IPL history to win the coveted trophy thrice, while, Chennai and Kolkata have won it twice.
Elli Avram has played the lead actress role in Kapil Sharma’s film.
The 'Haryana Hurricane' slammed Pandya's careless batting approach in the second Test against South Africa in Centurion.
The Proteas could not believe their luck as the all-rounder walks back gutted after giving his wicket away cheaply.
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