Hardik Pandya Biography, Net Worth, Family, House, Car Collection, Career, Early Life, Birth Place

Hardik Pandya Biography, Net Worth, Family, House, Car Collection,  Career, Early Life, Birth Place

Hardik Pandya Biography

Hardik Pandya Biography: Hardik Pandya is an Indian cricketer who plays as an all-rounder for the Indian cricket team. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium. Hardik is popular for his aggressive batting and exceptional fielding. Hardik Pandya plays for Baroda in domestic cricket and captains Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL). But in 2024 IPL, Hardik wend trade and during the auction Hardik came back in Mumbai Indians. He will be play IPL 2024 as MI captain. Pandya is known for his swag on and off the field. Today he is considered one of the most talented all-rounders in the world.

Hardik Pandya's Education

Hardik Pandya was fond of cricket since childhood and did not like studying at all. He has studied up to class 9 from MK High School in Baroda. After this, he left his studies and focused completely on cricket practice.

Hardik Pandya Birth Place and His Family

Birth Place: Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya was born on 11 October 1993 in Surat, Gujarat. His full name is Hardik Himanshu Pandya. Hardik's father, Himanshu Pandya, was a car insurance executive. Her mother Nalini Pandya is a housewife. Hardik's elder brother Krunal Pandya is also a cricketer and has played for the Indian team. Hardik's father loves cricket. He didn't miss a single game for India. He left no stone unturned to make both his sons cricketers and gave full support. In January 2020, Hardik Pandya married Serbian Indian actress Natasa Stankovic. They have a son named Agastya.

Hardik Pandya Early Life

Hardik Pandya's childhood was full of financial struggles. The condition of his house was very bad. When Hardik was 5 years old, his father Himanshu Pandya stopped the business of finance in view of the continuous losses and moved with the family to Baroda. During his childhood, Hardik played cricket with his brother Krunal Pandya. Seeing the children's passion for cricket, their father admitted 5-year-old Hardik and 7-year-old Krunal to Kiran More's Cricket Academy. For Hardik Pandya, his father's role is most important in becoming a cricketer. It was said that Hardik used to practice cricket throughout the day by eating Maggi in childhood.

Hardik Pandya's Domestic Career

Hardik Pandya started his domestic cricket career with the Baroda cricket team in 2013. Hardik then made his List A debut against Gujarat in the Vijay Hazare Trophy on 8. November 2014. He scored 69 runs in the match. He hit 6 fours and two sixes. He played a key role in Baroda winning the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2013-14. He took three wickets for 11 runs in his first match.

Hardik Pandya's IPL career

Now,  Hardik has retrun to Mumbai Indian as a Team Captain. Mumbai Indians team will play under the Haridik Pandya captaincy in IPL 2024. Hardik Pandya got a chance to play in the IPL after performing well in domestic cricket.

In 2015, the IPL team Mumbai Indians bought him at a base price of Rs 10 lakh. Although his performance in that season was not anything special, but in all the IPL seasons that followed, his performance was very good. Pandya played for Mumbai Indians in the IPL from 2015 to 2021.

Pandya was released by Mumbai Indians ahead of IPL 2022 auction. Hardik Pandya was bought by Gujarat Titans for a whopping Rs 15 crore. In 2022, Pandya led Gujarat Titans to the IPL title in the very first season under his captaincy.

He became the first captain after Shane Warne to lead a new team and win an IPL trophy. Hardik scored a total of 487 runs that season, including a half-century. In IPL 2023, under the captaincy of Pandya, Gujarat reached the final and finished as the runner-up.

Hardik Pandya's International Debut

ODI debut - 16 October 2016 against New Zealand

Test debut - 26 July 2017 against Sri Lanka

T20I debut - 26 January 2016 against Australia

Hardik Pandya's International Career 

Hardik Pandya's T20i Career

Hardik Pandya made his T20 International debut against Australia at the age of 22. He took two wickets in his first international match on 27 January 2016. Then in his second T20I against Sri Lanka in Ranchi, he batted ahead of Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni and was dismissed by Thisara Perera for 27 off 14 balls. He had faced a lot of criticism for it too. After which he scored 31 runs in 18 balls against Bangladesh in Asia Cup 2016 and played an important role by taking a key wicket to help India win by 1 run. In the next match against Pakistan, he took 3 wickets for 8 runs, which was his best performance.

Hardik ODI Career

Eight months after making his T20I debut, Hardik Pandya played his first One Day International match against New Zealand on 16 October 2016. He scored 36 off 32 balls and picked up three wickets. He was also awarded the Man of the Match for his brilliant performance. Since then, he has become an integral part of the Indian cricket team.

Hardik Pandya Test Career

Hardik Pandya made his Test debut against England in 2016. Although he was included in the team, he was out of the series due to injury during net practice and could not make his debut. He then made his Test debut against Sri Lanka on 26 July 2017 and in the first Test innings, he scored 50 runs off 49 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes. In the third match of the same series, he scored his maiden Test century (108 runs) and also became the first Indian batsman to score a Test century before lunch.

List of Hardik Pandya's Records

Hardik Pandya is the fourth Indian to win the Man of the Match award on ODI debut.
Hardik Pandya is the highest run-scorer for India in a Test innings with 26 runs.
Hardik Pandya became the first Indian batsman to score a Test century before lunch.
Hardik Pandya is the second Indian to score a half-century and take 4 wickets in ODIs.
He has 6th highest strike rate in T20Is (115.59)
He is the most runs in an IPL season (973 runs in 2016)
Pandya is the first Indian cricketer to score a half-century and take 4 wickets in the same T20I innings.

Pandya is the fastest all-rounder to achieve the double of 1000 runs and 50 wickets in ODIs.

Hardik Pandya's Awards and Achievements

Hardik Pandya's got Arjuna Award in 2019.

Pandya got ICC Cricketer of the Year in 2021.

He also achieved BCCI Polly Umrigar Award in 2018-19.

Pandya got CEAT International T20 Player of the Year in 2018.

Hardik recived cricketer of the Year Awarded by Wisden India in 2016.

Hardik Pandya's Marriage

Hardik Pandya's wife Natasa Stankovic is a Serbian actress and model. Hardik Pandya and Natasa Stankovic first met at a nightclub in Mumbai. Hardik fell in love with Natasa at first sight. After some time, the two became friends and started dating each other. Hardik Pandya invited Natasa to his house on Diwali and introduced her to his family. The two decided to get married. Hardik got married to Natasa on May 31, 2020, during the lockdown. The two were then produced in court. However, in February 2023, Hardik-Natasha married Dobara according to Hindu and Christian customs. Natasha has worked in many Bollywood films. Natasha rose to fame with the song 'DJ Wale Babu'. She was also seen in the eighth season of Bigg Boss.

Hardik Pandya's controversies

Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been embroiled in several controversies over the past few months. Some of the major controversies are listed below:

Coffee with Karan

Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul appeared on a popular chat show, Koffee With Karan. The host of the show, Karan Johar, had asked the two cricketers to open up about their personal lives. He had then made some controversial and sexist remarks about women, for which he was criticized a lot. Both Pandya and Rahul were suspended by the BCCI midway through the Australia tour and were asked to respond within 24 hours. He also apologised on Twitter.

On Racism

Hardik Pandya has been suspended from all forms of cricket for making a racist remark during a match. Apart from this, Hardik has been embroiled in controversies many times due to his controversial statements.

Hardik Pandya's net worth

According to reports, Hardik Pandya's total net worth is $11 million i.e. about Rs 91 crore. Hardik Pandya is known for his flamboyant lifestyle. He may have faced many difficulties in his childhood, but today he is the owner of crores. His annual income is around Rs 15 crore. His main source of income is his salary from BCCI and IPL. Hardik Pandya has been named in the Grade-C players under the BCCI contract, from which he gets Rs 1 crore annually. Apart from this, he also gets millions in every match fee played for the Indian team.

Hardik Pandya was bought by Gujarat Titans for Rs 15 crore in IPL 2022. Apart from this, Hardik also earns a lot through brand endorsements. Hardik Pandya also owns a luxurious house in Vadodara. In 2016, he bought a house of about 6000 square feet in Divalipura, a posh area of Vadodara in Gujarat. The house is estimated to be worth Rs 12 crore.

Hardik Pandya's car collection

Hardik Pandy has a different car collection and he is fond of cars. Apart from cricket, Hardik Pandya has a passion for expensive cars. Like his style, his car collection is also great. Hardik Pandya's car collection includes a Rolls Royce worth over Rs 6 crore, Lamborghini Huracan EVO worth Rs 4 crore, Audi A6, Range Rover Vogue, Jeep Compass, Mercedes G-Wagon, Porsche Cayenne and Toyota Etios.

Major Points to Know about Hardik Pandya

Very few people know that Hardik Pandya failed in Class 9. After this, he did not study and focused fully on making his career in cricket.

When Hardik Pandya was just 5 years old, his father stopped working in car financing in Surat and shifted to Baroda. There he got Hardik and Krunal admitted to the Kiran More Cricket Academy.

Until the age of 18, Hardik Pandya used to play as a leg-spinner. But later, on the advice of his coach, he decided to bowl fast.

Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya used to eat only Maggi for lunch as they used to get only Rs 10 as pocket money.

Before coming to international cricket, Hardik Pandya used to play cricket for money in the villages of Gujarat. He used to charge Rs 400.

In IPL 2019, Hardik Pandya scored the fastest half-century in 17 balls while playing against Kolkata Knight Riders. He scored 91 runs off 34 balls.

He became the first Indian batsman to score a century off 86 balls in Test cricket. He scored 26 runs in the match.

Hardik Pandya used to play with jersey number 228, but later he changed his jersey number to 33.

Hardik Pandya first joined the Baroda team in November 2013 in the Ranji Trophy. He then joined the IPL team Mumbai Indians at the age of just 19.

Before marriage, Hardik Pandya had affairs with about 3 to 4 actresses.

When was Hardik Pandya born?

Hardik Pandya was born on 11 October 1993 in Surat, Gujarat.

What is the name of Hardik Pandya's son?

His son name is Agastya Pandya