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 MoreHardik Pandya and Cameron Green became the new entrants in list of players traded in the history of IPL. Both the trades involved the presence of Mumbai Indians, who picked Hardik from Gujarat Titans and sent Green to Royal Challengers Bangalore. But who were the first ones to be traded in IPL ever?
The 25-year-old wicketkeeper batter scored 100* off 41 balls with the help of nine fours and seven sixes to help Gujarat chase down a 160-run target against Arunachal Pradesh in just 13 overs at Mahajan Cricket Academy Ground in Chandigarh on Monday.
After so much confusion and speculation over the last 24 hours, IPL finally officially confirmed Hardik Pandya's trade from Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians. The five-time champions welcomed the India all-rounder in style while Hardik too reacted after returning to his old franchise.
Hardik Pandya and Cameron Green have been officially traded, IPL confirmed one day after the player retention deadline ended. Pandya has been traded from Gujarat to Mumbai and Green has come to RCB from MI.
After much confusion on the IPL retention day, Hardik Pandya's trade from Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians has been officially confirmed. Moreover, Cameron Green has also been traded from MI to Royal Challengers Bangalore. Meanwhile, GT have announced a new captain for IPL 2024.
Gujarat Titans stunned everyone by retaining captain Hardik Pandya while Mumbai Indians released as many as 11 players, including overseas stars Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, and Chris Jordan.
IPL retention Live updates: Big day in IPL arena before the December auctions as all the 10 teams including Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans have to submit the final list of players retained. The potential trade of Hardik Pandya from GT to MI will be confirmed today, if true. Follow for updates.
"The Hardik Pandya move back to Mumbai. It’s clearly happening. The first sign of transfer fees in cricket like Football !!?? It’s inevitable it would happen soon," Michael Vaughan said over Hardik's potential return to MI.
Hardik Pandya has led Gujarat Titans to IPL glory in 2022 and a final appearance in 2023. He has been at the helm of GT's golden start to IPL. But his potential trade opens a big captaincy void. Here are 5 players who can come in for Pandya.
The IPL trading window is abuzz with the news of probably the biggest transfer before auction and a former Indian cricketer was perplexed with the thought of the trade of someone like Hardik Pandya, who led his franchise Gujarat Titans to the final twice and the title in 2022.
The 10 franchises have to submit a retention list of players ahead of the IPL auctions by November 26. Some of them are currently involved in a trade market. What is the IPL trade window? Here is all you need to know about it.
Hardik Pandya is reportedly all set to return to MI but there is not an official word from anyone. Ben Stokes will not be playing the IPL 2024 but CSK have not released him yet. Here is a list of players who are likely to not get retained as the retention deadline nears ahead of auctions.
With just a day remaining for the trade window and retention deadline to close ahead of the auction for the 2024 edition of the IPL, the rumours have been rife for probably the biggest trade in the 16-year history of the cash-rich league. Here's a look at how many captains have been traded before-
Hardik Pandya reportedly rejoined five-time champions Mumbai Indians for the Indian Premier League 2024 season on Sunday. Hardik guided Gujarat Titans to glory in 2022 on their debut season and also helped them reach the finals of the 2023 edition.
With ODI World Cup done and dusted, the focus now shifts to other two formats and the major discussion will be around Rohit Sharma's future in white-ball cricket. Interestingly, it remains to be seen if he will make a comeback in the shortest format with World Cup to be played next year.
India would like to regain their winning momentum after suffering a shocking loss at the hands of Australia in the final of the ODI World Cup 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Even as India prepare for the World Cup 2023 final against Australia, the squad is set to be announced for the T20I series between the finalists starting from November 23. India will name the second string squad while Australia have six players from World Cup who will feature in the series.
Hardik Pandya has been leading India in T20Is since the T20 World Cup 2022 semifinal loss to England at the Adelaide Oval. He has captained India in 16 T20Is thus far and won 10 matches. His win percentage in T20Is as skipper is 62.50.
Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the entire tournament with an ankle injury and is replaced by right-arm pacer Prasidh Krishan. With the semifinal spot already secured, the management is likely to assess the bench strength against South Africa at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya was ruled out of the ICC World Cup 2023 due to an ankle injury and has been replaced by pacer Prasidh Krishna. India are likely to assess their bench strength against South Africa having already secured the semifinal spot.
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