Hardik Pandya is celebrating his 31st birthday today.
If there is one player in Indian cricket who has been discussed the most in the last few years, then it is the star all-rounder Hardik Pandya, known for his swag. When Hardik was selected in Team India for this year’s T20 World Cup, he made a comeback to international cricket after a long time, in which a lot of concern was expressed about his form. One of the biggest reasons for this was that while captaining Mumbai Indians in the 17th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL, the team’s performance was very poor and his form was also not as expected.
However, despite this, Hardik proved everyone wrong and gave such a performance in the T20 World Cup 2024 that once again proved him as a match-winner. In the final match against South Africa, when 16 runs had to be saved in the last over, Hardik performed brilliantly with the ball and bowled brilliantly even under pressure and played an important role in making Team India the T20 World Cup winner again. For Hardik, this proved to be a lifesaver in his career in which even those who criticized him got a befitting reply.
Hardik Pandya was very disappointed after getting injured in ODI World Cup 2023.
In the ICC ODI World Cup held in the year 2023, the Indian team played very well under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, but they had to face defeat against Australia in the final match. Hardik Pandya was also a part of the team in this mega tournament but he injured his heel while bowling during the match against Bangladesh. After this he also tried to make a comeback but later he had to be ruled out of the entire tournament. It took more than three months for Hardik to recover completely, but after this, when he made a comeback, he showed his old style on the field in which he appeared more effective than before in bowling along with the bat.
Hardik got his first chance from Mumbai Indians
Since the start of IPL, there have been many players who have made their way to Team India from here, one of which is Hardik Pandya. In the year 2015, Mumbai Indians made Hardik a part of their team for Rs 10 lakh. After this, when Mumbai team won the IPL title in the years 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020, Hardik was a part of the team. In the year 2022, Hardik Pandya took over the responsibility of captaining the Gujarat Titans team and made the team win the IPL trophy in its very first season. However, in the 2024 season, Hardik will again return to the Mumbai Indians team in which he returned to the team as the captain. Hardik has won a total of 5 trophies in IPL so far.
Hardik Pandya’s career has been like this till now
If we look at the cricketing career of Hardik Pandya, he has played 11 Tests, 86 ODIs and 104 T20 matches in the international format. While Hardik has scored 532 runs with the bat in the Test, he has also taken 17 wickets. Apart from this, in ODI he has scored 1769 runs and taken 84 wickets. In T20 International, Hardik has scored 1594 runs and taken 87 wickets. Hardik has played one century and 4 half-century innings in Test cricket. There are 11 fifties recorded in ODI and 4 in T20. In IPL, Hardik has scored 2525 runs and taken 64 wickets after playing 137 matches.
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