Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya wiki, age, height, wife, girlfriend, religion, caste, education, net worth & more
| Biography | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hardik Pandya |
| Full Name | Hardik Himanshu Pandya |
| Nickname | Harry Kung Fu Pandya |
| Profession | Indian international cricketer |
| Major teams | India (2016-Present) Baroda (2012-21) Gujarat Titans (2022-Present) Mumbai Indians (2015-21) |
| Date of Birth | October 11, 1993 |
| Age (In 2024) | 31 Years 2 Month(s) 7 Days |
| Birth Place | Choryasi, Surat, Gujarat, India |
| Residence | Baroda, Gujarat, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Caste | Brahmin |
| Mother Tongue | Gujarati |
| Zodiac | Libra |
| Height | in centimeters- 183 cm in meters- 1.83 m in feet inches- 6ft |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Family and Marriage Details | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Wife/Spouse | Natasa Stankovic |
| Marriage Date | May 31, 2020 |
| Girlfriend(s) | Lisha Sharma (Model) Elli AvrRam (Actress)  |
| Children | |
| Son(s) | Agastya Pandya |
| Parents | |
| Father | Himanshu Pandya |
| Mother | Nalini Pandya |
| Sibling(s) | |
| Brother(s) | Krunal Pandya |
| Cousin(s) | Vaibhav Pandya Gauraw Pandya |
| Other Relative(s) | |
| Sister-in-law(s) | Pankhuri Sharma |
| Aunt(s) | Pallavi Pandya |
| Cricket Information | |
| Coach | Ajay Pawar |
| Playing role | All-rounder |
| Batting style | Right-handed bat |
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Test debut | July 26-29, 2017 vs Sri Lanka at Galle |
| ODI debut | October 16, 2016 vs New Zealand at Dharamsala |
| T20I debut | January 26, 2016 vs Australia at Adelaide |
| Education Details | |
| School | MK High School, Baroda |
| College | Not Attended |
| Educational Qualification | 9th Standard |
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| [email protected] | |
| Other Details | |
| Net Worth (Approx) | ₹75 crores |
| Salary/Fees | ₹1 crore (BCCI Grade C contract) ₹15 crores (IPL) |
| Facts | |
| Hardik Pandya is an Indian cricketer who plays for Baroda in domestic cricket and captains Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He plays as an All-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium. | |
| He was born on October 11, 1993 to Himanshu Pandya and Nalini Pandya in Choryasi village in Surat, Gujarat. His elder brother Krunal Pandya is also an international cricketer. | |
| His father, Himanshu Pandya had a small car finance business in Surat which he was forced to shut down due to financial problem. He moved to Vadodara and enrolled both of his sons, Hardik and Krunal into Kiran More's cricket academy. Himanshu Pandya died in January 2021, following a cardiac arrest. | |
| He studied at MK High School in Vadodara until ninth grade before dropping out to focus on his cricket career. | |
| Kiran More used to call Pandya brothers as "Maggi brothers" because they used to eat maggi to kill their hunger. | |
| During his initial cricket days, Hardik was a leg spinner but he switched to fast bowling at the insistence of the Baroda's coach Sanath Kumar. | |
| In 2015 IPL auction, he was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs. 10 lakh. | |
| He made his T20I debut for India on 26 January 2016 against Australia at Adelaide. Hardik did not got a chance to bat and his bowling career began with three consecutive wides and two more followed later in the over. His first over lasted 11 deliveries and 19 runs were scored off it but eventually Hardik ended with the figures of 2/37 in his 3 overs and helped india win by 37 runs. | |
| Hardik Pandya took 3/31 on his ODI debut to help India beat New Zealand by 6 wickets at Dharamsala and became the fourth Indian player to be named man of the match on ODI debut after Sandeep Patil, Mohit Sharma and KL Rahul. | |
| Mumbai Indians retained Hardik for Rs. 11 Crores ahead of 2018 IPL auction. | |
Hardik got engaged to india-based serbian actress and model Nataša Stanković on 1 January 2020. The couple was blessed with a baby boy, Agastya Pandya on July 30, 2020. | |
| In 2019, Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul were in a controversy due to their indecent, misogynistic and disgraceful comments on women during Karan Johar's talk show 'Koffee with Karan'. | |
| In November 2021, Rehnuma Bhati wife of Dawood Ibrahim's aide Riyaz Bhati registered a complaint at Mumbai's Santacruz police station alleging rape-molestation by her husband Riyaz Bhati, Munaf Patel, Hardik Pandya, Congress leader Rajeev Shukla, and Prithviraj Kothari. 1 | |
Ahead of IPL 2022 mega auction, he was drafted by Gujarat Titans as their captain for a huge salary of Rs 15 crore. He led Gujarat Titans to their maiden IPL title, that too in the franchise's debut season, as they thrashed Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets in the final of IPL 2022. | |
References
- https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/wife-of-dawood-aide-accuses-congress-leader-rajeev-shukla-cricketer-hardik-pandya-others-of-rape-molestation20211112225208/[↩]
