Cricket News: It would not be an exaggeration to suggest that Hardik Pandya, the all-rounder for India and the Mumbai Indians, is a unique talent in this part of the world. While the country has some of the world’s best batsmen and a few world-class spinners, the country has typically lacked quick bowlers. Hardik, in addition to his fast bowling, offers his talent with the bat and the audacity to make daring strokes against the finest of opponent bowling.
However, his journey in the Indian cricket circuit has not been without incident. In fact, a huge setback in his career occurred in 2019 when he was suspended by the BCCI. This came after the all-rounder and KL Rahul made rude comments on a TV chat programme.
While Pandya missed a significant portion of India’s tour of Australia and New Zealand, he was even dubbed the “bad boy.” This even resulted in financial losses because brands and companies no longer wanted to associate with him.
I sobbed throughout training that day: Hardik tells the storey of his emotional breakdown
“When I found out I was going to be suspended, a lot of cricketers who knew me personally and understood what sort of guy I am going out and talked about it, which is fine. They assumed I was over. Many people told me, ‘Hardik’s done, he won’t be able to handle this.’ Because I was the bad boy of Indian cricket at the time, I believed them “Hardik mentioned this in an interview with Cricket Monthly.
“While practising at Chinnaswamy [Bengaluru], I was missing the ball by this much (shows a wide gap). Because when this isn’t right (points to head) and you start doubting yourself, everything goes wrong “He said.
“I cried during training that day because I was overcome with emotion. Because of how I was depicted [after the incident on the talk programme]. I was never that person. I couldn’t focus on my sport since I had so many expectations of myself, let alone anyone else “He went on to say
For the time being, Hardik would prefer to forget about the testing period and concentrate on the task at hand in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. Although he did not bowl a single over in the UAE leg of the IPL 2021, if he is not fully fit bowl in the World Cup, Team India’s balance will suffer significantly.
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