Mumbai: The last seven months for Pandya has been drastically bad enough for him to be sent out of the Australian tour after a chit-chat at a show in which he evoked comments on women.
The BCCI has suspended his tour of Australia sending him back to India. Later on, the suspension was provisionally lifted pending an inquiry.
In the period of the controversy which led him suffer for almost 7 months, he said, ” He didn’t know what to do then.”
Hardik Pandya has been a sensational all rounder with the bat as well as the ball, taking wickets plus hitting massive huge sixes, recently led Mumbai Indians to win against Chennai Super Kings yesterday night.
Pandya played an outstanding innings of 25 runs of just his 8 deliveries leading Mumbai Indians to uplift the total wins against CSK
Pandya was awarded as the Man of the Match award as he also picked up three wickets for his franchise as Mi win by 37 runs over CSK.
“I was out with injury and then some other controversy happened. I want to dedicate this Man of the Match to my family and friends, who stood with me in the toughest times,” Pandya said at the post-match presentation ceremony Wednesday night.
“Now my only focus is to play IPL and make sure India wins the World Cup.”
Kieron Pollard who stood by his side at the non- striker’s end while Hardik finished off the first innings with the massive blow of fours and sixes called Hardik to be “Phenomenal”.
He said, “Hardik is phenomenal. For us it is just about encouraging him and giving him that opportunity. He practices like that. The Pandya boys have been batting well, so being the more experienced guy, I have to take the initiative and try to do well whenever I come in.”
