KKR vs GT: Hardik Pandya Has Got His Thinking Cap On: Sunil Gavaskar

Hardik Pandya has impressed one and all with his maiden captaincy stint with Gujarat Titans. The side is topping the points table heading into their game against KKR. Pandya has returned to the playing against Kolkata and has looked good with the bat.

Ahead of the start of the game, former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar and a few other Indian cricketers praised the Titans skipper for the way he has made a comeback into the IPL.

There were concerns about his fitness and bowling but he has silenced all of them. Gavaskar felt that the GT skipper has got his thinking cap on in the way he has led the side so far. Hardik has led Gujarat from the front with the side winning five of their first six games.

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Hardik Pandya Doing Exceedingly Well: Sunil Gavaskar

“He didn’t play a lot of cricket before the IPL because he was trying to get fully fit with all the problems he had due to the injury. (Now) Look at the discipline he’s showing in his batting.

“He’s batting well in the powerplay and making full use of the field restrictions, he’s doing exceedingly well in the field. So basically, that thinking cap is on; and once that happens your game just goes up,” Gavaskar told Star Sports’.

Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra said that Hardik has learnt the tricks from his former skipper and mentor MS Dhoni. The Indian all-rounder has also batted at the top order and produced three fifty-plus scores so far in the season.

“I think Hardik obviously treats him (MS Dhoni) as his mentor, he’s very close to MS. The number at which he bats and the role that he plays, nobody has played it better than Dhoni in the history of white-ball cricket,” Chopra said.

“He’s learnt the right lessons from MS. When we are in the company of greatness, we try and take little pieces and it shapes our lives. And that’s what we are seeing with Hardik,” added the former Indian opener.

KKR will move upto the fourth spot if they win against Gujarat Titans. The Titans will consolidate their position at the top if they win the match.

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