Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya is an Indian cricketer who represents the country in international cricket. On the domestic level, Hardik plays first-class cricket for Baroda. In the Indian Premier League, Hardik featured for the Mumbai Indians from 2015 to 2021 and won 4 IPL titles with them. In 2022, he was signed by the Gujarat Titans in the mega auction and was named the captain of the side. He led them to an IPL trophy before making his Mumbai Indians comeback in 2024.

Hardik Pandya plays as an All-Rounder. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium. Pandya is widely popular for his aggressive style of batting and his exceptional fielding skills. 

Hardik Pandya: Along the Years 

Hardik Pandya Records 

• Fourth Indian to be named player of the match on ODI debut.

• The second Indian batsman to hit a fifty and pick up 4 wickets in ODIs.

• 13th on the list in terms of taking catches in T20Is (56).

• First Indian to take 4 wickets and score above 30 runs in the same T20I match.

• 21st highest strike rate in a T20I inning (355.55).

• 4th most wickets taken as a bowler, which were caught by a wicket-keeper in T20I (19).

• First Indian cricketer to hit a half-century and take a 4 wicket-haul in a single T20I inning.

Hardik Pandya Awards and Accolades

Hardik Pandya Career 

Hardik Pandya is an all-rounder. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler who plays both for the Indian National Cricket team and the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket for the Mumbai Indians as a captain. His IPL career started in 2015, and his international career started in 2016.

Hardik Pandya's Domestic Career 

Hardik Pandya debuted in first-class cricket for Baroda in 2013. In the 2013–14 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Hardik played a vital role in Baroda's victorious campaign. In the 2016 finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Hardik played an unbeaten knock of 86 to guide the Baroda cricket team to a six-wicket win over Vidarbha.

Hardik Pandya IPL Career 

Hardik Pandya began his IPL career in 2015 with the Mumbai Indians. His all-round performances with the MI franchise earned him a spot in the Indian national team. Hardik's IPL career has been one of the most impressive ones so far. He is known for scoring quick runs in crucial moments.

In 2017, against RPS, it was the last over in the Mumbai Indians’ innings batting first, and Hardik Pandya smashed 30 runs in that one against bowler Ashok Dinda, making it a record, although later, Mumbai lost the match. Hardik Pandya was retained by the Mumbai Indians franchise in the 2018 IPL auction for a whopping amount of Rs. 11 crores.

He scored 1476 runs for them in the first 7 seasons before he was signed by the Gujarat Titans in 2022 in the mega auction. He was named the captain of the side. Leading from the front, Pandya scored 487 runs in the season and took his team to win the finals! Interestingly, his captaincy came off in flying colours as the Gujarat Titans entered the Finals again in the 2023 season of the IPL. Unfortunately, they lost to the Chennai Super Kings in a thriller match that lasted till the final ball of the innings. 

Hardik Pandya was traded to the Mumbai Indians, his former franchise, for a whopping 15 crore salary and a 100 crore transfer deal by the Mumbai Indians to the Gujarat Titans. Hardik was chosen as the new captain of the MI, replacing Rohit Sharma.

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Hardik Pandya's International Career 

On January 27, 2016, Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya made his debut for his country against Australia in a T20I match. On October 16, 2016, he was named man-of-the-match in his first One-Day International against New Zealand. He played his first Test match against Sri Lanka in July 2017. 

Hardik Pandya ODI Career 

Hardik Pandya made his One Day International (ODI) debut against New Zealand at Dharamsala on 16 October 2016. Hardik was awarded Man of the Match on his debut. He thus became only the fourth Indian to be named player of the match on his ODI debut after Sandeep Patil, Mohit Sharma, and K. L. Rahul.

Hardik's performances in the 2017 Champions Trophy were lauded by the entire cricketing world. Following his 2017 performances, Hardik was selected in the ODI XI of the year 2017 by Cricinfo. In the group stage encounter with Pakistan, Hardik swung his bat thrice to record a hat-trick of sixes against Imad Wasim. In the finals, Hardik had odds stacked against him when he entered the ground with the scoreboard at 54/5. Although India wasn’t able to get across the finish line, Pandya unleashed his full potential and went all guns blazing as he scored a 43-ball 76.

Hardik Pandya was also a part of the 2019 WC squad, which made it to the semi-finals of the tournament. Pandya made his 50th appearance for India in the 50-over format in the game against the West Indies. In July 2022, Pandya registered his best figures of 4/24 against England while playing at Old Trafford. In the same match, he scored 71 runs and equaled Yuvraj Singh’s 2011 record of hitting a fifty and picking up 4 wickets in ODIs.

Hardik Pandya suffered an ankle injury during the team's match against Bangladesh, which ruled him out of the 2023 World Cup. He was an important member of the team that won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025.

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Hardik Pandya Test Career 

Hardik Pandya was included as a batsman during his inaugural Test call-up for England's tour of India in late 2016. However, he had to miss out because he injured himself while training in the nets at the PCA Stadium. However, he got a second chance after he was named in the Indian cricket squad for the Sri Lanka tour in July 2017.

He made his Test debut on 26 July in Galle and impressed everyone with his aggressive style. In his maiden test innings, he scored a 50 off just 49 deliveries with 5 fours and 3 sixes. In his 3rd Test match, Hardik brought his maiden Test ton, scoring 108 runs in the first innings.

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Hardik Pandya T20I Career 

Hardik Pandya made his Twenty20 International debut for India on 27 January 2016 against the Australian side in Adelaide. Pandya had a horror start to the match as he bowled 5 wides in his first international over and went for 19 runs. However, he came back in sharply and scalped two wickets by only giving 18 runs in his last 3 overs. In the 2016 Asia Cup game against Pakistan, Hardik played tremendously well as he picked up 3 wickets for just 8 runs, which helped India restrict the Pakistani innings to 83 runs.

He has been part of India's T20 WC squad in 2016, where he bowled the final over against Bangladesh and defended 2 runs off the final 3 balls. and picking up two crucial wickets then. India won the match from the jaws of defeat by just a single run, courtesy of Pandya. His best performance came in the T20 series against England in July 2018. In the final encounter,  Pandya took 4 for 38 runs and hit 33 off just 14 deliveries. With this, he achieved the feat of becoming the first Indian cricketer to score more than 30 runs and take 4 wickets in T20Is.

He got a place in the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup, and he was expected to go big at the death as India’s power hitter. However, he had a poor run and scored a total of 69 runs in 3 matches, with the highest, 35 run,s which came against Afghanistan.

He did not have a good run with the ball either. In the two games, he bowled, he went wicket-less, and went for quite some runs. He was excluded from the New Zealand series as a result of not stepping up to the occasion in the World Cup.  But Pandya has shown positive intent this year. After his captaincy heroics in the IPL, Pandya was named skipper in the T20I against Ireland in June 2022.

Next month, Pandya made another record as he became the first Indian cricketer to hit a half-century and take a 4 wicket haul in a single T20I inning. This was his maiden 50 in the format, which came against England at the Rose Bowl in Southampton. He helped India lift the ICC T20 World Cup in 2024.

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Hardik Pandya Captaincy 

As of September 2025, Pandya has captained India in 16 T20I matches. The all-rounder has led the team to 10 victories and 5 defeats, with one match ending in a draw. He also led India in 3 ODIs and won 2 out of 3 matches. Hardik has led two IPL teams as captain. In 2022, he was elected captain of the Gujarat Titans for the first time. In 2022, Gujarat went on to claim their maiden IPL Title in their debut season.

Later in 2023, he led the GT into the finals, where they lost to CSK, thereby emerging as the runners-up. In 2024, Hardik was traded to MI and was chosen as their new captain. As the captain of the Gujarat Titans, Hardik Pandya leads the Indian Premier League (IPL) Captaincy record with a 70.97% victory percentage following 22 victories and 9 losses in 31 games.

Hardik Pandya Family 

Hardik Pandya was born on 11 October 1993 in Surat, Gujarat, to Himanshu Pandya and Malini Pandya. Hardik's elder brother, Krunal Pandya, also represents India on the international stage. The two brothers played together for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL. 

Hardik Pandya got engaged to Natasa Stankovic on a private boat on 1 January 2020. Their son. Agastya Pandya was born on 30 June 2020. The duo did not have a big wedding ceremony but had posted a picture of a private family function during the COVID-19 lockdown. They announced their divorce on July 18, 2024.

Hardik Pandya Salary 

Since Hardik Pandya is in the Grade A category for the 2024–25 season, his BCCI remuneration for 2025 is ₹5 crore.  The central contract excludes the match fees and bonus. Since Hardik Pandya was retained by the Mumbai Indians team, his fee for the 2025 IPL season was ₹16.35 crore.

Hardik Pandya House 

Hardik Pandya lives with his brother Krunal Pandya and their family in a 6,000-square-foot penthouse in Vadodara, Gujarat. He also has a 3,838 square foot house in Mumbai.

Hardik Pandya Cars 

Hardik Pandya owns a wide array of high-end cars. He owns the Rolls-Royce, Porsche Cayenne, Range Rover Vogue, Jeep Compass, Mercedes G-wagon, Audi A6, Lamborghini Huracan EVO, and Toyota Etios.