Watch: Hardik Pandya Makes his Father Emotional with a ‘Small Surprise’

Jan 9, 2019 at 4:02 PM

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Watch: Hardik Pandya Makes his Father Emotional with a ‘Small Surprise’

Days after making his father proud with a sensational century in only his third Test, India’s newest Test recruit Hardik Pandya has given his dad more reasons to be proud of him by gifting him a car as a token of love.

The 23-year old all-rounder, who is currently in Sri Lanka, planned a ‘small surprise’ with his brother for their father, as the latter took Pandya senior to a car showroom and surprised him with the special gift.

Delighted to see his father’s face lit up, an emotional Pandya in a series of tweets said his father deserves all the happiness in the world for the contribution in shaping up his career. The highly-rated all-rounder, who scored a 108 off just 96 balls in the Pallekele Test, uploaded a beautiful video telling his father that the car he was standing next to was his.

“So glad to see his face lit up like that. Yes, this is the guy who should get all the happiness in life & deserves the credit, my dad! He was the one who left everything what he had for me & @krunalpandya_official and which takes a lot of courage to do,” he wrote.

“Only for our careers and I can’t thank him enough for all he has done. So that’s a small surprise for him which made me cry. The family is life and special mention to my brother @vibsnasir for getting this done when I was not around. Love to all,” he added.

Recently, skipper Virat Kohli had lavished praise on the all-rounder after his starring role in the Pallekele Test. In addition to scoring 108, Pandya had also taken the prized scalp of Angelo Mathews and was adjudged the Man of the Match award.

Hardik Pandya. Image Courtesy: Getty Images

“I don’t think I need add any more lines, his performance has spoken for itself. People might have problems with the kind of demeanour he has or the belief he carries with himself, but we, certainly in the team, have no doubts on that. We let him be who he is, we let him express himself. You know, a guy who can get a fifty and a hundred in his first three games batting at No.8 has to have something special in him. And the innings that he played here, after being 320 for 6, it wasn’t just mad slogging,” Kohli had said in the post-match conference.

“He actually used his brain and batted with the tail which I think is a great sign for us. He brings in great balance to the team, he’s a gun fielder and he gives you those crucial breakthroughs, he’s very handy with the ball and we know what he can do with the bat as well. All doubts aside from the outside, inside the team we absolutely have 120% faith in him,” he had added.

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