Hardik Pandya: The Beast at the Field!
Hardik Pandya’s Biography
An all-rounder from Gujarat, with amazing techniques and power when he is on the field. Hardik Pandya's birthday is on 11th October 1993 when he was born to bless the game of cricket. His father's name is Lt. Himanshu Pandya who used to run a small car finance business in Surat which is now shut down when he shifted to Vadodara. To facilitate his sons with better cricket training, he decided to shift to Vadodara. Hardik's father then enrolled both the sons (Hardik and Krunal) into Kiran More’s Cricket Academy in Vadodara. They used to live in a rented apartment in Gorwa as they were not financially strong. Hardik Pandya studied till 9th standard from MK High School after that he dropped his education to concentrate on cricket. Hardik's mother's name is Nalini Pandya, and she is a housewife. Hardik and his mother have an incredible bond. Hardik Pandya was an expressive child who didn't wish to hide his emotions. He revealed that due to the attitude problem, he dropped from his state age-group. According to his father, Hardik Pandya was a leg spinner till the age of 28th, and after that, he turned to fast bowling at the insistence of the Baroda coach Sanath Kumar. Hardik Pandya's wife name is Natasa Stankovic (Serbian actress and model). They both got engaged on 1st January 2020. On 30th July, they had their first child, and it was a boy who was named as “Agastya”. Currently , Hardik Pandya is 27 years old. Hardik Pandya’s net worth is $1.5 million.
Hardik Pandya’s stats
Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 11 | 18 | 1 | 532 | 108 | 31.29 | 720 | 73.89 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 12 |
| ODI | 57 | 41 | 7 | 1167 | 92 | 34.32 | 1011 | 115.43 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 84 | 46 |
| T20I | 43 | 28 | 7 | 388 | 42 | 18.48 | 260 | 149.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 |
| IPL | 80 | 74 | 29 | 1349 | 91 | 29.98 | 847 | 159.27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 93 |
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 11 | 19 | 937 | 528 | 17 | 5/28 | 6/50 | 3.38 | 31.06 | 55.12 | 1 | 0 |
| ODI | 54 | 53 | 2368 | 2195 | 54 | 3/31 | 3/31 | 5.56 | 40.65 | 43.85 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 40 | 39 | 701 | 976 | 38 | 4/38 | 4/38 | 8.35 | 25.68 | 18.45 | 0 | 0 |
| IPL | 72 | 60 | 869 | 1313 | 42 | 3/20 | 3/20 | 9.07 | 31.26 | 20.69 | 0 | 0 |
Hardik Pandya’s profile in IPL : - H3
Hardik Pandya and Mumbai Indians these two names are always called together. Hardik came into the IPL in the year 2015 and always represented himself as Hardik Pandya MI. In 2017, he played against RPS and in the last over of Mumbai Indians batting, he smashed 30 runs at that one last bowler Ashok Dinda, marked a record there. Although later, MI lost the match. But Hardik Pandya's performance was speechless. In 2018, he was retained by Mumbai Indians for Rs.11 crores. He was strong in batting and bowling both that is why in the year 2019 he dominated with his both talents. Hardik Pandya's brother also plays in the same team. Both the Pandya brothers are all-rounders and give their best to let Mumbai Indians win. In 2018, Hardik Pandey's brother was also bought by MI.
Hardik Pandya’s Domestic Career
Hardik Pandya has been playing Cricket for the team Baroda since 2013. He always played an important role in Baroda winning the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in the 2013–2014 season. In season 2015 of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Hardik scored a quickfire 21 runs off eight balls and seized three important catches to help Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by six wickets and was awarded as the man of the match. After the first match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Sachin Tendulkar called Hardik over and told him that he would probably play for team India in the next 18 months probably. And within one year he was chosen to play in the Indian team during 2016 Asia Cup and 2016 ICC World Twenty20. Afterwards against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), in a gotta win situation for Mumbai Indians(MI) to remain in the battle for the top 4 teams, he secured a quick-fire 61 runs off 31 balls to win the match from his hard work and get his second man of the match award of the season. Hardik even was awarded the "Yes Bank maximum sixes award" for the very same match. In January 2016, Pandya banged eight sixes during his innings undefeated 86 runs to guide Baroda cricket team to a 6-wicket win over Vidarbha cricket team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Later and later on for his tremendous performances in the IPL 2019, he was named in the Cricinfo IPL XI.
Hardik Pandya International Career
Hardik Pandya made his very first Twenty20 International debut for India on 27 January 2016 when he was 22 y/o, and even he took two wickets against Australia.
His very first Twenty20 International wicket was Chris Lynn . And in his second T20I against team Sri Lanka at Ranchi, he batted Infront of Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni and hit 27 runs off 14 balls before becoming the hat-trick victim of Thisara Perera. Later on, he became the first Indian to take four wickets and score above 30 runs in a T20I in the same match.
Hardik made his very first One Day International (ODI) debut for India against New Zealand on 16 October 2016 at Dharamshala. Then he became the 4 Indian to be named player of the match on ODI debut after Sandeep Patil, Mohit Sharma and K. L. Rahul. Later, Pandya was selected in the ODI XI of the year 2017 by Cricinfo. And on 27 June 2019, in a match against the West Indies Team , Pandya delivered in his 50th ODI.
Hardik Pandya was included in India's Test team as a batsman for their home series against England Team in late 2016, but at last, was left out after he injured himself accidentally while doing his training in the nets at the PCA Stadium. He even set the record for securing the most runs in a single over of a Test innings for India, i.e., 26 runs.