Hardik Pandya revealed the name of newborn baby boy with Natasa Stankovic with whom he got engaged in Dubai on New Year 2020. On July 30, the all-rounder from India shared the news of his fiancee Natasa Stankovic and him becoming proud parents.
The flamboyant all-rounder was out of the national team due to injury but was due to return to Indian team during South Africa’s tour to India. But after the first match got washed out, the pandemic covid-19 forced the series to be cancelled or postponed at a later date.
Strict measures were taken like staying at home to avoid spreading the coronavirus disease implicated many cricket matches to be cancelled and tournaments to be postponed.
Hardik Pandya Names His Baby Agastya
Hardik Pandya will return to the cricket field in the upcoming edition of Indian Premier League where he will don Mumbai Indians jersey. The IPL was also postponed from March 29 and will be held abroad in UAE from September 19 and commence on November 10 in all probability.
He recently brought a toy car for his newborn and shared it on an Instagram post mentioning Agastya’s name. He underwent successful surgery in London for an acute lower back injury.
He played in 11 Tests, 54 ODIs, 40 T20Is and 66 IPL matches where he performed with both bat and ball. Although he has scored only one test century, he is a future star in the reckoning for India.
Hardik Pandya Plays For Baroda And Represents Mumbai Indians In IPL
He is more a finisher and partnership breaker contributing equally by batting and bowling, so his averages have not been extraordinary but have given many wins for India.
He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium. His elder brother Krunal Pandya is though a spinning all-rounder. He also used to bowl leg-spin but at the insistence of the then Baroda coach, he turned to fast bowling.
He represents Baroda in domestic cricket since 2013. He plays for Mumbai Indians at IPL and in the last season, he scored 402 runs and took 14 wickets in 16 matches. His strike rate was also an extraordinary 170 just second to only Andre Russell of Kolkata Knight Riders.