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Indian cricket crew all-rounder Hardik Pandya© AFP
It was a turbulent IPL 2024 season for Hardik Pandya after he changed Rohit Sharma because the Mumbai Indians captain. The choice was not accepted by part of the fanbase and following quite a lot of disappointing outcomes, the all-rounder was booed by a bit of the gang on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Nonetheless, Hardik bounced again from the poor IPL present to play an enormous function in guiding the Indian cricket crew to the T20 World Cup 2024 in addition to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Former Indian cricket crew star Mohammad Kaif feels that Hardik Pandya was ‘mentally tortured’ through the 2024 season and stated that he deserves a ‘biopic’ on how fought in opposition to the chances to mount a comeback.
“He kept that pain to himself and went forward, and that has been Hardik Pandya’s comeback story. It was a bad journey. Fans booed him, and people wrote him off. As a player mein apko bata sakta hu, beizatti…apman ke saath aage barna, use sehna, sabse gehra zakham hota hai (As a player, moving forward with insults hurts deeply). A player never forgets that. You can drop him, but being insulted wasn’t a good sign. It turns out to be mental torture for the player,” Kaif stated on social media.
“Mental torture—that is what happened to Hardik. Despite all, he played in the T20 World Cup, where he dismissed Heinrich Klaasen in the final. Then, in the Champions Trophy, he scored sixes against Zampa. He performed with the bat and ball, fighting fiercely like a lion. If there is ever a biopic on him, then the last seven months should be an example for players of how to fight against all odds, stay calm, trust your strengths and make a comeback,” the previous Indian cricket crew star added.
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