"Just getting started on the path I truly wish to walk": Hardik Pandya

Indian allrounder Hardik Pandya reflected on completing 10 years in international cricket saying that it is merely the beginning and he is only getting started on the path I truly wish to walkHardik made his international debut against Australia in an ODI at Adelaide on the Republic Day in 2016Taking to Instagram Hardik wrote 10 years of this journey the year I turn 33 It is one thing to play the sport I love with all my heart and it is another to be able to serve my country through it I love you all thank you for everything Thankyou god for the trials and tribulations that got me here The chances that so many people took The opportunity to live this lifeView this post on InstagramA post shared by Hardik Pandya hardikpandya93This year has taught me that this is merely the beginning I am only just getting started on the path I truly wish to walkHardik also said that if he may look back at a young Hardik running an extra few miles to get to play from Baroda a batsman bowling extra balls in the nets to bowlers who never got to practice batting becoming an all rounder at 19 and from getting noticed and getting rejected getting to play for my desh has been the most worthwhile journey for meGod had great plans for me when he let me debut on the 26th of January I have become a man while playing this sport and I will grow old playing it too he concludedSince his debut Hardik has been a contributor to Indias whiteball success and has won the 2024 T20 World Cup and 2025 Champions Trophy with the Men in Blue delivering clutch performances in crucial matches over the years His best performance came during the 2024 T20 WC in which he scored 144 runs in six innings at a strike rate of over 151 and an average of 4800 He took 11 wickets at an average of 1736 with best figures of 320 In the final he bowled the final over and took the matchsealing wicket of David Miller with Suryakumar Yadav pulling off a catch for agesIn 94 ODIs he has scored 1904 runs in 68 innings at an average of 3282 and a strike rate of 11089 with 11 fifties and a best score 92 He has also taken 91 wickets at an average of 3550 with best figures of 424 In 127 T20Is he has scored 2027 runs at an average of 2854 with a strike rate of over 143 with seven fifties and a best score of 71In Tests he has scored 532 runs in 18 innings at an average of 3129 with a century and four fifties and best score of 10 He has taken 17 wickets at an average of 3105 and best figures of 528 to his nameThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever