Hardik Pandya captained the IPL for the first time. (IPL Photo)
When Hardik Pandya was appointed the captain of Gujarat Titans, no one thought that he could do wonders, but Pandya defeated all the difficulties and gave the title to Gujarat Titans.
Before the start of IPL-2022, many people were surprised when the new Naval team Gujarat Titans appointed Hardik Pandya as their captain. That’s because Pandya had never captained before. At the same time, he was troubled by injuries and for this reason questions were also raised about his playing. But Pandya changed the whole story and captained Gujarat Titans and got him the title in the very first season. Have remembered the time and told about the promise that Pandya had made. IPL-2022 (IPL 2022) will be remembered for Pandya’s new look.
This is the thing of 2019. This year, Pandya was surrounded by a controversial statement about women on the show Koffee With Karan. Due to this, he was dropped from the ODI series against Australia and the BCCI sent him back to India.
‘Pandya could not sleep the whole night’
Pandya’s coach, childhood coach Jitendra Singh, while talking to the English newspaper The Indian Express, has told about that time. Jitendra said, “He couldn’t sleep the whole night?” The coach asked another person present in the room. Jitendra then told what he told Pandya, “Don’t take tension. You will play for India again soon. what’s done is done. There is no use worrying now. Coming to Reliance Stadium tomorrow. Now laugh.”
He said, “I booked a badminton court for him so that I can bring back that sporting spirit in him. I wanted him to sweat. I left it open. He realized that he was a sportsman. That’s what he was born to do, no chat show.”
promised to coach
Jitendra told what Hardik promised him after this controversy. Describing Pandya’s point, Jitendra said, “Coach, you will not hear any negative things about me now. The coach said, “He stood by his words. Today his father would be very proud.”
Pandya also impressed a lot with his captaincy this season. In the final, he led the team from the front and showed a strong game. He took three big wickets of Rajasthan and scored 34 important runs.
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