More than 5 months after he twisted his ankle whereas taking part in, Hardik Pandya is about to make his much-awaited return on the Indian Premier League 2024. Yes, one might argue that the India all-rounder made his comeback to cricket on the DY Patil event, however there are fewer issues on the planet tougher, aggressive and grueling than taking part in an IPL season – not to mention in a brand new position. Hardik’s homecoming to Mumbai Indians will see him take the sphere in an all-new avatar as he’s set to captain the franchise for the primary time, taking on the obligations from Rohit Sharma.
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It was on December 15 that MI introduced the change in guard, changing Rohit with Hardik as captain, believing the time was proper for the franchise to make a transition, and who higher than Pandya – winner of IPL 2022 and runner up the final 12 months – take Mumbai into a brand new period as they give the impression of being so as to add an unprecedented sixth IPL trophy.
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As Hardik bought prepared for his ‘ghar wapasi’, the India all-rounder sat down for a freewheeling chat on the Star Sports Show ‘Star Nahi Far’ and relieved his journey with MI, the place he began his top-flight cricket profession 9 years in the past. As the present took an attention-grabbing flip, some questions associated to Hardik’s time with MI have been thrown on the crowd, who took half within the quiz whole-heartedly. The section started with a comparatively easy query – Hardik’s highest-score within the IPL – however when the second query about Hardik’s whole variety of half-centuries scored within the event – that is the place the gang stuttered a bit.
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However, when the right reply – 10 – was screamed at by the general public, even Hardik was shocked. ‘I’ve that many? Wow’. Next up, Hardik was requested to select his favorite of all of them, and it threw the all-rounder right into a little bit of a puzzle. When the general public promoted, referring to a knock which wasn’t audible, Hardik straight up stated ‘I do not just like the innings the place we misplaced.”
Pandya’s take on statistics
Pandya’s 21-ball 60 against Rajasthan Royals from IPL 2020 was the next contender, and as expected, Hardik discarded it saying ‘We lost that too’, before passing an overall judgment on the hype surrounding statistics. “I do not imagine in 50s or 100s. Stats are simply numbers; it is a waste of time.”
While Pandya might not maintain stat within the highest of regards, the India all-rounder boasts some fairly spectacular numbers within the IPL. He has scored 2309 runs from 123 matches at a median of 30.38 and strike-rate of over 145. With the ball, he has 53 wickets, however the largest stat of all of them is that he’s a five-time IPL champion.
Two years in the past, on switching to Gujarat Titans, Hardik led the staff to its maiden IPL title in its debut season and adopted it with a runner-up end final season. As Hardik returns to the place all of it started, the bottom which made him the celebrity that he’s in the present day, MI’s hopes are banking on the all-rounder to take all of them the way in which.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
