31 Facts About Hardik Pandya

Hardik Himanshu Pandya was born on 11 October 1993 and is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team.

Hardik Pandya is an all-rounder who is a right-handed middle order batsman and fast-medium bowler.

Hardik Pandya is considered one of the best all-rounders in the world in white-ball cricket.

Hardik Pandya has captained the Indian team in white-ball cricket and was the vice captain of the team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup.

Hardik Pandya was born on 11 October 1993 in Choryasi, Surat, Gujarat.

Hardik Pandya enrolled his two sons into Kiran More's cricket academy in Vadodara.

Hardik Pandya studied at the MK High School until ninth grade before dropping out to focus on cricket.

Hardik Pandya made steady progress in junior-level cricket, and according to Krunal, "won a lot of matches single-handedly" in club cricket.

Hardik Pandya played for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL from 2015 to 2021.

Ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction, Hardik Pandya was released by the Mumbai Indians.

Hardik Pandya was then drafted by the new Ahmedabad-based franchise, Gujarat Titans, and named captain of the team.

Hardik Pandya led Gujarat to their maiden IPL title in 2022, becoming the first captain after Shane Warne in 2008 to lead a team to the title in its first year.

In November 2023, Hardik Pandya returned to the Mumbai Indians after two seasons with the Gujarat Titans in an all-cash trade deal which involved Cameron Green being traded from the Mumbai Indians to Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Hardik Pandya was later named captain of the side, replacing Rohit Sharma, a decision that drew criticism from the home crowd, who booed Hardik Pandya during the 2024 season.

Hardik Pandya made his Twenty20 International debut for India on 27 January 2016 at the age of 22, picking up 2 wickets against Australia.

In 2016 Asia Cup, Hardik Pandya smashed an 18-ball 31 helping India post a respectable score against Bangladesh.

Hardik Pandya became first Indian to take 4 wickets and score over 30 runs in the same T20I match.

In September 2021, Hardik Pandya was named in India's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup after being declared fit to bowl his full quota of overs.

Hardik Pandya scored 11 against Pakistan and 23 against New Zealand in defeats, as India crashed out of the World Cup despite big wins over Afghanistan, Scotland and Namibia.

Hardik Pandya was dropped from the squad for the subsequent T20I series against New Zealand.

In June 2022, Hardik Pandya was named India's captain for their T20I matches against Ireland.

On July 7,2022, Hardik Pandya scored 51 runs off 33 balls, his maiden T20I half-century against England at Southampton.

Hardik Pandya made his One Day International debut for India against New Zealand on 16 October 2016 at Dharamshala.

Hardik Pandya was selected in the ODI XI of the year 2017 by ESPNcricinfo.

On 27 June 2019, in the match against the West Indies, Hardik Pandya played in his 50th ODI.

Hardik Pandya was included in India's Test squad for their home series against England in late 2016, but was eventually left out after he injured himself while training in the nets at the PCA Stadium.

Hardik Pandya was named in the squad that toured Sri Lanka in July 2017 and played his first Test on 26 July in Galle.

Hardik Pandya set the record for scoring the most runs in a single over of a Test innings for India, scoring 26 runs, which was later surpassed by Jasprit Bumrah.

Hardik Pandya got engaged to dancer and actress Natasa Stankovic on 1 January 2020; on 30 July 2020 their first child, a boy, Agastya Hardik Pandya was born.

Hardik Pandya proclaimed that he likes to "observe how women move" at high-end bars and nightclubs, as well as on social media and then went on to liken himself to a black person saying, "I'm a little from the black side so I need to see how they move".

Hardik Pandya apologized for his remarks by saying that he had gotten carried away by the nature of the show.