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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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.
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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.
Pandya starred with the bat in the Champions Trophy final last year, and in the first innings of the opening Test against South Africa last week.
Currently trailing the three-match Test series by 1-0, Kohli and Co will eye a victory in Centurion to make a comeback in the series.
Pandya played a whirlwind knock of 93 runs off 95 balls to single-handedly keep the visitors in contention on day two of the first Test in Cape Town.
The popular 'dab dance' moves had picked up by Team India players as their celebration style during India's tour of Sri Lanka in August last year.
Pandya appeared in a great shape in Cape Town as he scored a notable 93-run knock in India's first innings and claimed three wickets in successive innings.
In a time when India's batting order appeared collapsing like dominoes, Pandya (93) played responsible cricket and established a 99-run partnership with Bhuvneshwar Kumar (25) to stabilise the visitors in the first innings.
Rabada feels that India would come in with all guns blazing as the Virat Kohli led Team India will come back stronger and give their all on the third day.
Pandya's 93 and 2/17 has given India some toehold despite a 142-run lead currently enjoyed by the home team.
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