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 gave the pleasant surprise to his father by presenting him with an all new Jeep SUV after the young India all-rounder slammed his maiden Test and first-class hundred against Sri Lanka in the recently-concluded Test series.
After a successful Test series vs Sri Lanka, Hardik Pandya surprised his dad with a brand new Jeep SUV.
Shikhar Dhawan took young all-rounder Hardik Pandya for an auto-rickshaw ride on the streets of Kandy.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya's 96-ball knock of 108 has seen him gain 45 positions to reach a career-best 68th rank among batsmen.
Hardik Pandya, who laid the foundation for India's big win in Sri Lanka in 3rd Test with his maiden century, thanked his teammates for backing him up at every occasion.
India captain Virat Kohli praised Hardik Pandya for his all-round performance through the series and said the 23-year-old provides balance to the world number one Test side.
The chairman of selectors MSK Prasad has said that Hardik Pandya has the potential to match Kapil Dev, provided he stays grounded.
The chairman is all the more satisfied that Pandya has now established himself as an all-rounder across all formats after his hundred and fifty in this current series.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya broke a plethora of records during his maiden Test hundred on Day 3 of the third Test against Sri Lanka in Pallekele.
The underlining aspect of this new thought process from coach Shastri is his belief that the team should exert its number one status on the field.
Team India members were seen chilling out and having some down time after their emphatic victory over Sri Lanka in the opening Test of the three-match series at the Galle International Stadium on Saturday.
Skipper Virat Kohli (76*) and Abhinav Mukund power India's lead to 498 runs on the Day 3 of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 291 in their first innings.
The hosts were struggling at 154/5 in reply to India's mammoth first innings total of 600 at the end of second day's play in the first Test at Galle.
We're actually delighted to have found two lower order batsmen who can play explosive cricket right from the word go, says skipper Virat Kohli.
The dynamic all-rounder Hardik Pandya says he backs himself to play the finisher role for India after failing to do the job in the previous game in Antigua.
"The aim is not just to represent India for a couple of matches here and there but to play for as long as possible," says all-rounder Krunal Pandya.
India, who lead the five-match series 1-0, will take on West Indies in the third ODI on Friday in Antigua.
Virat Kohli said there's no difference in playing Pakistan and termed the marquee ICC Champions Trophy 2017 clash against arch-rivals as "just another game".
Kohli said he would personally like to improve as a batsman in the longer format of the game away from home.
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