Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya is certainly one of the most important players of the Indian team at the moment. The all-rounder has been made the vice-captain of the white-ball formats, and he also led the Indian team in the T20I series against New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
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The last year was a year of Hardik’s comeback where he fought against all odds to cement his place yet again in the squad. When everyone counted Hardik out, the Gujarat Titans asserted their faith in the all-rounder and made him the captain of the side despite not playing competitive cricket for months.
Hardik surprised everyone with his captaincy skills, and he led Gujarat Titans to their very first IPL title. He was brilliant in the tournament with both bat and the ball. The role of Hardik is elevated in the Indian team as well, and he provides the most important balance to the side.
Hardik Pandya education qualification
Hardik’s rise to success has not been easy, and he has done some hard yards to be at the point he currently is at the moment. In interviews, Hardik has revealed quite a few times how his father worked hard and even shifted cities to provide them with better infrastructure for cricket.
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Hardik was born in 1993 in Surat, where his father Himanshu Pandya had a car finance business. However, Hardik’s father shut down this business to shift to Vadodara to provide his sons with better cricketing facilities. Vadodara is well known for producing some great players and the Pandya brothers got enrolled in Kiran More Cricket academy.
To focus on cricket, Pandya sacrificed his educational career as well. He completed his 9th standard from MK High School and dropped after it. So, Hardik just studied till 9th standard before switching to cricket full-time. He got his first IPL contract in 2015 at an age of 22 only with Mumbai Indians.
