The journey of Indian versatile Hardik Pandya was nothing less than the battlefield, as it opened because of its extraordinary return after the catastrophic Mumbai’s return to the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) on the eve of the upcoming season.
Last year, Hardik Pandya faced one of the most serious stages of his career, where survival was more important than victory. However, the Indian priest refused to give up, because he knew the game would help him to overcome the challenges.
Hardik Pandya reveals that he turned his career in just a few months
After replacing Rohit Sharma as Captain Mumbai Indians, Hardik faced many storms and troll on social networks, which significantly influenced him because he failed to deliver both as a captain and as a versatile. The Mumbaj Indians finished the IPL 2024 at the bottom of the dot table.
However, Hardik continued to push forward, although he was not sure when things would change, and then his hard work paid off, and even the All-Rounder star admitted that the winning of the T20 Cup 2024, and then the love of fans completely transformed his journey.
It’s always about it when you don’t leave the battlefield: Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya said at Star Sports, “It’s always about when you don’t leave the battlefield. It was about survival for me, maybe not win. That year was the year I had the longest to hold my soil, not leave the battlefield, which was the soil.”
He further explained: “I realized everything was distracted, that cricket was something that would be my best friend, and he would get me out of it. Yes, I continued to push and constantly push, and I think when all the hard work came and everything, I don’t think I could write a script, which turned out to be in my life.
You know, those six months of my phase in which we won the T20 World Cup and we came back and got the type of love we got, I think it was a completely 360 turnaround for me. “
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Cricket pulled me out of trouble: Hardik Pandya
For Pandya, perseverance, honesty and hard work were keys, but he never knew when the tide would move, but fate had their own plans, and things changed dramatically within two and a half months. He will soon be seen in action in the upcoming IPL 2025, starting on March 22.
However, Hardik will miss the first game of Mumbai Indians in the upcoming IPL 2025 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on March 23 at the M Chinnaswam Stadium in Chennai. The season opener will be played on March 2nd between the RCB -A KKRKA gardens Eden in Calcutta.
Pandya signed himself, saying, “I think the cricket was something that I knew that if I was persistent, if I was honest with my work, if I really, you know, diligent, I think I will be able to get out of this. But when I didn’t know, as I said, God wrote him in the script, where he turned out to have lasted for two and a half months.”
