Hardik Pandya : Age, Height, Career Performance, Net Worth

Since childhood, Hardik Pandya had no interest in studies. His father loved watching cricket. He once took Hardik with him to the stadium in Baroda. Hardik’s interest in cricket started increasing. He was like his elder brother Krunal Pandya. Used to play cricket with him all day long. His father saw that there were no good cricket facilities in the village. His father left the village and sold his land and came to Vadodara. He left village life and started living in a small house in the city. His father gave birth to his children. Got admission in Kiran Morea’s academy. Due to his young age, he did not get entry into the academy on the first day. But when Kiran Morea saw Hardik’s batting, she took him. Hardik learned the intricacies of cricket from here. There were many scholars against him from Hardik’s school. His madam said that you are spoiling the future of your children. But Hardik’s father told that madam that one day my son will become a great man. The distance of the academy from home was 20 to 25 kilometres. His father did not want to leave him. On days when he had work, he used to send it to his friend. But Hardik did not like this. He told his father, “What will you do tomorrow if someone tells you that he became successful because of me?” Because of this, his father bought a bike and gave it to him on an EMI of Rs 10,000. Now both the brothers used to ride on it. Hardik’s game got better day by day. He was the winner in club cricket matches. He won many matches on his own. He did not like school, so he left school on the 9th. Due to his father having multiple heart attacks, Hardik’s father was asked to take bed rest. Now the responsibility of the house was on Hardik. He participated in all the tournaments of his village and city. Going in the train with his kit and playing the whole day eating Maggi worth 5 rupees. At that time he used to get three hundred rupees for every match. Due to increased debts, he had to stay hidden in the stadium. After playing well in all the tournaments He was included in the Vadodara team in the year 2013. He made his debut in the T20 against Mumbai on 17 March 2013. He scored 123 runs in 5 innings of seven matches in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2012 and 2013. His average score was 30. His strike rate was 135. He also took 5 wickets. The tournament payment was Rs 80 thousand, due to which his financial condition improved a bit. He made his first class debut on 28 November 2013 this year. Scored 219 runs in the innings of 9 matches of Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2013 and 2014. His average score was 38.28. His best score was 82 runs without getting out against Mumbai. This was the inning of his career. In this match played at Wankhede on March 30, 2014, Hardik bowled with Zahir Khan, Dhawal Kulkarni and Praveen Tambe. Scored 82 runs on 57 balls against. Mumbai Indians head coach John Wright was in this stadium. He was very impressed with Hardik’s bowling and batting. In the year 2015, Mumbai Indians included Hardik Pandya in their team at a price of Rs 10 lakh. He made his IPL debut on 19 April 2015. In the very first match against RCB, he finished Mumbai’s innings by scoring 16 runs in 6 balls. In the do-or-die match against KKR, he scored 61 runs in 21 balls and kept Mumbai alive in the race. With this innings, Hardik Pandya people started knowing. Mumbai Indians won that year and Hardik Pandya got a cheque of Rs 50 lakh. Due to his all-rounder performance in the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2015 and 2016, Hardik got a call for T20 against Australia in January 2016. Made his international debut with Australia on 26 January 2016. India won the match by 1 run by defending the last over against Bangladesh in T20- 2016. He made his debut in ODI on 16 October 2016. Made his Test debut on 26 July 2017. His father died of a heart attack on 16 January 2021.