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Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya is celebrating his 31st birthday on October 11, 2024. The middle-order batter and a right-arm fast bowler has established himself as a premium all-rounder for the Indian cricket team in the last few years. He is a kind of player who can turn the match around with his fierce batting, and can also take crucial wickets as a fast bowler. Pandya is widely regarded as the best fast bowling all-rounder for India after Kapil Dev. He has been among the top performers for India in big matches. He was a part of the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup in 2024.
Apart from that, Hardik Pandya has also won five IPL titles, four with Mumbai Indians and one with Gujarat Titans. In his first season as the skipper, Pandya led Gujarat Titans to the title in their inaugural season in 2022. He is known to be big match player who always performs in crucial situations. Recently, the Choryasi-born cricketer took big wickets of Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa this year, to help them win the coveted trophy. The right-hander also played crucial knocks in the final of the 2017 Champions Trophy and the semi-final of the 2022 T20 World Cup. However, India ended up losing on both occasions. Let’s have a look at Pandya’s career achievements.
Hardik Pandya's Career
Hardik Pandya came into the limelight when he made his debut for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2015. He won the title with MI that year. Pandya went on to make his India debut in 2016. The all-rounder has played 11 Test, 86 ODIs and 104 T20Is for India so far, amassing 3895 runs with the bat and taking 188 wickets with the ball in all the three formats combined.
Over the years, Hardik Pandya has established himself as one of the best all-rounders for India. Talking about his IPL career, Pandya has amassed 2525 runs with the bat and took 64 wickets with the ball in 137 matches in the cash-rich league. The 31-year-old now has five IPL titles to his name. Apart from that, he also won the T20 World Cup with India in 2024. He scored 144 runs and took 11 wickets from eight matches in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
