Hardik Pandya needed to cope extreme criticism when he was made the captain of Mumbai Indians, changing Rohit Sharma.

New Delhi: Hardik Pandya couldn’t management his feelings as he recalled again his robust days at Mumbai Indians after India’s T20 World Cup 2024 triumph on Saturday in Barbados. Defending 177, it was Pandya, who turned the sport in India’s favour with the wickets of Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller because the Males in Blue obtained over the road by seven runs to pocket their second T20 World Cup trophy.

It was a troublesome six months for Pandya. From being booed by hundreds of followers throughout the Indian Premier League after changing Rohit Sharma as Mumbai Indians captain, to defend 16 runs within the last over en path to India’s victory, the all-rounder selected the grandest of moments to show issues round. So as to add extra to that, Pandya additionally handled social media abuses following the rumoured divorce along with his spouse Natasha Stankovic.

A sufferer of pointless criticism, Pandya didn’t have a better of the seasons in IPL earlier this yr. Following Mumbai Indians’ marketing campaign, Pandya flew to London and recharged himself within the wilderness earlier than returning to high kind within the T20 World Cup, thus turning the boos into cheers. The 30-year-old revealed what he went by way of prior to now six months.

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“It means rather a lot. Very emotional, we’ve been working very arduous and one thing was not clicking. However at the moment we obtained what the entire nation needed. Extra particular for me, how my final 6 months had been, I haven’t spoken a phrase,” Pandya advised Star Sports activities after India’s win.

“I knew that if I stored working arduous I might shine and do what I might do. Getting a possibility like this makes it extra particular. We at all times believed, it was nearly executing our plans and staying calm and letting the strain come to them,” he added.