Hardik Pandya

Hardik Himanshu Pandya (born 11 October 1993) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team. He is an all-rounder who is a right-handed middle-order batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler. He is considered one of the best all-rounders in the world in white-ball cricket. Pandya is the first fast-bowling all-rounder in T20Is to complete 1,000 runs and 100 wickets. He captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League and occasionally plays for Baroda in domestic cricket. He has captained the Indian team in white-ball cricket and was the vice-captain of the team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup Quotes Before going into the IPL I was thinking: I am doing amazingly well in the domestic circuit, will I do the same in the IPL? I used to work out like anything. I drained myself out and lost three or four kilos Take the example of the pull. He asked me to pull the ball, after which he told me I was bending my leg too much and that in that position I could not pull properly. He told me my leg should be straight. Tendulkar told me: 'The way you are playing, in one and a half years you are going to play for India.' I was like, whoa! One day Ponting told me: "You are practising a lot, but take a day or two off and it will be good for your cricket." I felt confident. I used to hear that after an IPL season a youngster can grow. That happened to me. A batting allrounder. Batting has always been my priority. Till last year I saw myself as 60% batsman and 40% bowler. But after that I worked on my bowling and now I focus equally on both. I don't feel shy to say that, but I have been selected as a proper allrounder, so my aim is to fit that role. I can still improve my bowling. I have to work on my yorkers and slower balls. I need to get stronger, which will help me bowl quick 'I see myself as a batting allrounder, but I'm working on my bowling May 2016,', Cricinfo by Nagraj Gollapudi External links Category:1993 births Category:Cricketers from India Category:Living people