India and Mumbai Indians all-rounder Krunal Pandya on Monday mentioned that the final two months have been tough for him and his brother Hardik Pandya after their father handed away in January this 12 months.
Krunal, who made his ODI debut final month, highlighted his father’s position in his life and obtained emotional remembering his dad, who had predicted that the all-rounder will do good in cricket within the coming months.
“It has been difficult last two months as well, I have to say because of what happened with dad. One thing that I have realised is the life which I have got or which we have got as a family, a lot of hard work has been done by that man. We can say that we just are reaping the fruits of his efforts. He was the one who planted the seeds and made it blossom,” mentioned Krunal in a video posted on Mumbai Indians’ Twitter deal with.
“Now when he’s not there and there are so many good things happening…you feel the weight of all that he did and gave us. Somewhere I feel that one part of my heart has gone with him,” he additional mentioned.
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“Me and Hardik are just reaping the fruits of his efforts.” @krunalpandya24 opens up on the affect of his father in #MI catch-up! #OneFamily #MumbaiIndians #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/479vh912iH
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 5, 2021
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“Yes, people say time heals everything but what I feel is from here on, whenever I do good things in life, I’ll always remember him. Just two days before he passed away on the 14th of January, he called me after seeing one of my innings in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which was in Baroda. He saw and said ‘I’ve seen your knock, I’ve seen you play from the age of six… But one thing I’ll tell you, after watching this knock is that your time will come now,” an emotional Krunal added.
Against England within the first ODI of the three-match sequence, Krunal scored 58 off simply 31 balls.
Both Krunal and Hardik can be seen in motion for Mumbai Indians within the upcoming version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) which begins on April 9 with the defending champions taking over Royal Challengers Bangalore on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
