It was a grand homecoming for Hardik Pandya right here on Monday as a legion of followers welcomed the all-rounder, a key element in India’s T20 World Cup triumph within the Americas, to town, waving the nationwide flag and chanting his title.
Fairly paying homage to the open-top bus parade of the Indian staff from Marine Drive into the enduring Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Pandya’s followers organized a grand present for him right here.
The overjoyed cricketer, sporting the Group India jersey, waved to his followers and acknowledged their cheers, as captured in a PTI Video.
The open-top bus with the banner “Hardik Pandya – Pleasure of Vadodara” weaved its well past the streets stuffed with appreciative followers with big posters dotting all the stretch of the street.
Pandya emerged as one of many standout performers for India taking 11 wickets and scoring 144 runs at a strike price of 150 through the World Cup.
However his finest efficiency got here within the title showdown towards South Africa the place he broke the again of the opposition with glorious figures of three/20, and his victims have been Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, who was fantastically caught by Suryakumar Yadav on the boundary ropes, and Kagiso Rabada, The selectors reposed religion in Pandya’s all-round capability and big-match temperament regardless of the cricketer’s modest run throughout this season’s IPL for Mumbai Indians.
Throughout the IPL, Pandya, who took over MI captain from Rohit Sharma, was booed at each venue, however he took his sport to a better degree through the World Cup to play a key half within the World Cup triumph.