IND vs IRE: A 5-Year-Old Who Used To Practice At My Academy- Kiran More Rejoices Hardik Pandya's Post-India Captaincy Journey

Kiran More, a former wicketkeeper-batsman, has praised Hardik Pandya, India’s outstanding all-rounder who’d been recently appointed skipper for the two-match T20I series against Ireland.

In the present series against South Africa, Hardik was promoted to vice-captaincy after KL Rahul’s injury forced Rishabh Pant to take over as skipper. In the unavailability of experienced players, who’ll be preoccupied with the rescheduled fifth Test against England, Pandya has been given the keys.

Rahul Tripathi of SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) has indeed been given his first call-up for the upcoming series against Ireland.

In IPL 2022, Tripathi wowed everyone by scoring 413 runs with a strike rate of 158.23. The right-handed batter, who was 15th overall, had the finest strike rate among the top-order batsmen.

After missing the series against South Africa, Sanju Samson was also called up. With the batting, the Rajasthan Royals skipper had a fantastic season, scoring 374 runs. He led the squad to the finals when they were defeated by Gujarat.

‘Applause for the effort you put in to get a come back’: Kiran More

Hardik Pandya’s brilliance was first seen by Kiran More when he was five years old, and he was overjoyed to just see his ward achieve the peak of accomplishment. Kiran More expressed his delight on Twitter, writing:

What a proud moment to see @hardikpandya7's hard work and determination paying off as he has been named India captain. From a 5yrold who used to train at my academy in Baroda to captaining India, what a fantastic journey. Hardwork you put in to make a return deserves applause pic.twitter.com/PiHNpaWFLW

— Kiran More (@JockMore) June 15, 2022

“What a proud moment to see @hardikpandya7’s hard work and determination pay off as he is named India skipper. What a fantastic journey from a 5-year-old who used to train at my academy in Baroda to captaining India. Hard work you put in to make a return deserves applause.”

Hardik Pandya, who scored 487 runs at a strike rate of over 130 in 15 games, was the team’s captain. He also took eight wickets in the finals against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, including a three-wicket haul.

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