All-rounder Hardik Pandya is having fun with a golden run in cricket in the meanwhile. In 2022, Pandya was appointed captain of debutants Gujarat Titans and promptly led them to the Indian Premier League (IPL) title. The GT skipper is now nearly sure to take over as full-time T20I skipper of the Indian crew.
There is extra glory coming Hardik Pandya’s approach as on Monday (March 6), he has develop into the youngest cricketer on the earth to achieve 25 million followers on Instagram. Interestingly, Pandya has extra Instagram followers than among the world stars like Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Max Verstappen and Erling Haaland.
Pandya at present has greater than 25.1 million followers on Instagram. “Thank you to all my fans for the love. Each one of my fans is special to me and I would like to thank them for the love and support they have given me over all these years,” stated Pandya, whereas expressing his gratitude for his followers for his enormous social media following.
Pandya has been a family entity as a cricketer since his worldwide debut in 2016. At 29, he’s a senior member within the Indian crew’s white-ball setup in addition to within the IPL. On the cricketing entrance, Hardik hasn’t featured in Tests since 2018 and isn’t part of the Indian crew at present enjoying in opposition to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
After recovering from a career-threatening again harm, Pandya has been an important cog in India’s limited-overs set-up since June 2022. The big-hitting right-handed batter had captained India in its house T20I collection wins over Sri Lanka and New Zealand earlier this yr. He might be seen in motion subsequent within the ODI collection in opposition to Australia, which begins on March 17 in Mumbai.
In the ODIs in opposition to Australia, Pandya will act as Rohit Sharma’s deputy in collection and can captain India within the ODI in opposition to Mumbai with the latter unavailable resulting from private causes.
After the conclusion of the collection, Pandya will captain Gujarat Titans of their IPL title defence within the 2023 season. IPL 2023 begins on March 31 when Hardik-led Gujarat might be going through four-time winners MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings at their house floor, Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
In IPL 2022, Pandya notched up 487 runs with 4 half-centuries and top-score of 87 not out at a strike-rate of 131.2. He additionally picked up 8 wickets in 15 matches at a mean of 27.75.
(with IANS inputs)
