Hardik Pandya Mother
Published - 06 Sep 2024, 05:07 PM | Updated - 07 Oct 2024, 05:20 PM
Hardik Pandya is an Indian cricketer who plays for Team India in international cricket. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pacer, Pandya's playing role is that of an allrounder. In domestic cricket, he represents Baroda while in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Mumbai Indians.
Pandya's journey in professional cricket began in 2013 when he made his debut for his state team Baroda. In his very first season, he played a big role in Baroda's triumphant campaign at the 2013-14 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. A couple of years later, Pandya enjoyed a big breakthrough in his career when he earned his maiden IPL contract from Mumbai Indians.
In his first IPL season, Pandya went on to cement his place in the star-studded Mumbai Indians team and helped the franchise win the tournament. Overall, Pandya won four IPL titles with Mumbai Indians from 2015 to 2021 before leaving the franchise for Gujarat Titans.
He spent two seasons with the Titans and led the team in both seasons. In 2022, he led the Titans to the IPL title before guiding them to the final in 2023.
Ahead of the 2024 season, Mumbai Indians secured a trade deal with the Titans for Pandya's return and appointed him the captain of the team as well. Here we are taking a look at the person who played a huge role in his career, Hardik Pandya's mother.
Hardik Pandya's Mother:
Hardik Pandya's mother's name is Nalini Pandya. Hardik and his brother Krunal were born to Nalini and Himanshu Pandya in 1993 and 1991 respectively. In 2021, Himanshu passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest.
After the death of her husband, Nalini had taken to Instagram to post a video featuring never-before-seen photos of her late husband. She also wrote a heartfelt caption for the clip, writing: "It's been a month since you went to a better place, there is not a single moment where I haven't missed you. You are still living in my memories and dreams."
While Pandya's father used to run a small car finance business in Surat, his mother Nalini was a homemaker. The Pandya family used to live in Surat but moved to Vadodara when Krunal was 7 and Hardik was only 5.
Himanshu decided to move to Vadodara to give good cricket coaching facilities to his sons. He enrolled both of his sons in the Kiran More Cricket Academy. The Pandya family struggled financially in Vadodara and used to live in a rented house.
As of now, they have a swanky four-bedroom penthouse in Vadodara. The whole Pandya family lives together in the penthouse that is spread across 6000 sq ft.