Want to emulate my brother MS Dhoni: Hardik Pandya eyes success with Gujarat Titans in IPL 2022

The newly-appointed Gujarat Titans captain got here up with a heartfelt message forward of their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 opener in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants on Monday, saying he’s hopeful of attaining sporting success within the T20 league.

Hardik is main an IPL workforce for the primary time within the historical past of the league. After spending 7 seasons with the Mumbai Indians, for whom he debuted in 2015, Hardik was drafted by the brand new franchise Gujarat for Rs 15 crore.

Hardik hasn’t performed aggressive cricket for the reason that T20 World Cup final yr as he had been engaged on rehabilitation following a again harm. However, the India all-rounder cleared the health take a look at on the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru earlier than becoming a member of the Gujarat camp in Ahmedabad.

Speaking in a video shared by the franchise, Hardik mentioned he needs to emulate his brother and expensive pal MS Dhoni as he steps into the sneakers of an IPL captain for the primary time. The all-rounder mentioned he has learnt loads of classes from the time he spent with Sachin Tendulkar at Mumbai Indians, which is able to turn out to be useful when he takes up the management position.

“I am not going to tell you from I come from. You probably know that. I will tell you where I am taking you. It’s towards that peak called sporting success.

“That sweet lofty spot, where grit lives with the grind, labour leads to luck. It is a range that my brother (MS Dhoni) has scaled and I have made no attempts to hide that I want to emulate him. It’s a place that my hero (Sachin Tendulkar) has owned and told me stories of how he got there,” Hardik mentioned within the video.

?? Goosebumps on our debut day, courtesy captain @hardikpandya7 ?? pic.twitter.com/2qdwn5FKrc

— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) March 28, 2022
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Hardik mentioned he’s battle-hardened in spite of everything these ups and downs in his profession and that he’s assured of creating an impression as Gujarat Titans captain.

“It is a journey that will pit me sometimes against my sibling, my soulmate and many of my closest friends. And like every flight, this too may have turbulence. But hey, look at me. If I have survived being in a national storm, a ban, a gruelling back injury and more, I know what it takes,” Hardik added.

“Confidence, flamboyance, whatever you term it… I just know that when I walk out with bat in hand, my opponents get tiny little chills in their spine, knowing that I can pull off a heist.”

Pandya, who has been demoted from Grade A to C within the BCCI central contracts, shall be seeking to make a senior nationwide workforce comeback. It shall be attention-grabbing to see how the all-rounder handles the burden of captaincy and performs with each and ball to draw the selectors’ consideration.

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