Independence Day 2024: From Rohit Sharma to Hardik Pandya, Indian cricket stars celebrated Independence Day in this style
After suffering slavery under the British for about 200 years, Indians breathed in free India on 15 August 1947. Today India is celebrating its 78th Independence Day. In the last 77 years, our country has progressed in every field. India has made its mark in the sports world. Be it cricket or any other sport, India has performed brilliantly everywhere. Recently India won the T20 World Cup 2024 title. Now on the occasion of Independence Day, many cricketers have given their best wishes. Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar extended warm wishes on the occasion of 78th Independence Day. He wrote on Instagram, “Players are not the only ones who play for India. Every Indian who does his job with honesty and sincerity is a key player for Team India. So, when the national anthem plays today, know that it is for you, and I hope you feel the same way I felt when I heard it whenever I walked out to play for India.” Indian men’s cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir said, “Freedom has a price. Our heroes pay for it with their blood every day! Never forget this. #HappyIndependenceDay” Freedom comes at a price. Our heroes pay it everyday with their blood! never forget #HappyIndependenceDay pic.twitter.com/wJgY4IH5pi — Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) August 15, 2024 Former Indian women’s cricket captain, Mithali Raj wrote, “Every time our tricolour flutters in the air, it tells the story of hope and the relentless pursuit of freedom. Our nation’s journey is a testament to the strength we find in unity and the dreams we share. Today, we honour our past and look forward to a future filled with infinite possibilities. Happy Independence Day to every Indian, wherever you are. Every time our tricolour flutters in the wind, it tells a story of resilience, hope, and the relentless pursuit of freedom. Our nation’s journey is a testament to the strength we find in unity and the dreams we share. Today, we honor our past and look ahead to a future filled… — Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) August 15, 2024 Always proud and honored to stand with our tricolor! Here’s wishing everyone a very Happy Independence Day🇮🇳 #HappyIndependenceDay pic.twitter.com/cgYJTa6OKK — Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) August 15, 2024 Happy Independence Day, India 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/Mtlz5f68cB — Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15) August 15, 2024 Wishing a very Happy Independence Day to all my fellow countrymen 😇May the tricolor always fly high! Jai Hind! 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/m4Pi7gTPj8 — Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) August 15, 2024 Hardik Pandya wrote, “Playing for my country will always come first for me. Happy Independence Day to all of you.” Playing for my country will always come first for me. Wishing you all a very happy Independence Day🇮🇳❤️ pic.twitter.com/I7gcU8fkJn — hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) August 15, 2024
“He should play whatever T20 cricket there is”- Ravi Shastri gives important advice to Hardik Pandya to improve his fitness
Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has advised Hardik Pandya to improve his fitness. He has asked Pandya to focus especially on bowling fitness. 30-year-old Hardik has had to struggle with injuries many times in his 8-year career. Last year, Hardik had to be out of the ODI World Cup midway due to an ankle injury. At the same time, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar also cited Hardik’s fitness as the reason behind removing him from the T20 captaincy. In a conversation with ICC, Ravi Shastri has advised Hardik Pandya that he should play as many T20s as possible to make a comeback in the ODI team. Shastri said, “In my opinion, it is very important that he continues to play. I believe that match fitness is important. So he should play as much T20 cricket as possible. And if he is fit and feeling better, then he should also come in the ODI team.” Meanwhile, Shastri also stressed on Pandya bowling his full quota of overs in ODI cricket. He said, “If you have a player who is bowling only 3-4 overs instead of 10 overs in ODIs, it disturbs the balance of the team. If you bowl 7-8 overs in most of the matches and the way Pandya bats, it becomes a bonus for the team.” Hardik was sidelined from Test cricket in 2018 due to a back injury. He recovered without surgery and was included in the 2019 ODI World Cup squad, but the injury resurfaced later that year and he had to undergo surgery that year. He later returned to the field in 2021, but was included in the T20 World Cup squad only as a batsman, which cost the Indian team dearly. More recently, Hardik suffered an ankle injury during India’s fourth game in the ODI World Cup last year, which kept him away from cricket for a long time. He then returned as captain in IPL 2024 but his performance this season was very poor. He made a brilliant comeback in the T20 World Cup last month with a brilliant all-round performance, including the final match, where he dismissed the dangerous Heinrich Klaasen and then David Miller in the death overs to guide the team to victory.
SL vs IND: This friendship is unbreakable, Suryakumar Yadav welcomed Hardik Pandya with a hug
The captaincy of the ODI series has been given to Rohit Sharma while the command of the T20 team has been handed over to Suryakumar Yadav. Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav (Pic Source-X) India’s tour of Sri Lanka is starting from July 27 and in this tour, a three-match T20 and a three-match ODI series will be played. The captaincy of the ODI series has been given to Rohit Sharma while the command of the T20 team has been handed over to Suryakumar Yadav. Recently, Suryakumar Yadav welcomed the excellent all-rounder Hardik Pandya very well and both the players also hugged each other. Let us tell you, before the announcement of the Indian team for this tour, many people believed that Hardik Pandya should be given the captaincy of the T20 team. However, Suryakumar Yadav was given this important responsibility instead of Hardik Pandya. There were also reports that Hardik Pandya is not at all happy that Suryakumar Yadav has been given the responsibility of the T20 team in his place. However, a picture going viral on social media has now proved all these things wrong. As soon as Hardik Pandya reached Sri Lanka, Suryakumar Yadav was seen hugging him. Not only this, both of them were also seen having a lot of fun together. Gautam Gambhir has also been appointed as the head coach of the Indian team and this is the first tour of his tenure. Hardik Pandya hugging Suryakumar Yadav 🤝 💥 pic.twitter.com/ZNRff63ncn — Johns (@CricCrazyJohns) July 24, 2024 The three-match T20 series is starting from July 27 Let us tell you, all three T20 matches will be played in Pallekele. The first match will be played on July 27 while the second and third matches will be played on July 28 and July 30. After this, all three ODI matches will be played in Colombo, starting from August 2. The performance of the Indian team was very good in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and the team won the trophy of this great tournament. Now the Indian team will definitely want to leave its mark in the Sri Lanka tour as well. Here is the India T20 team: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khalil Ahmed and Mohammad Siraj. Here is India’s ODI team for Sri Lanka tour: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khalil Ahmed and Harshit Rana 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB…
“I am not surprised…”- Ashish Nehra said on Hardik Pandya not getting the captaincy
Ashish Nehra and Hardik Pandya. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Former India fast bowler and Gujarat Titans head coach Ashish Nehra said that he is not surprised by the Indian team management’s decision not to appoint Hardik Pandya as the new T20 captain. Nehra said that he understands the thinking of chief selector Ajit Agarkar and newly appointed coach Gautam Gambhir in choosing Suryakumar Yadav as the new T20 captain. Hardik Pandya, who will lead India in T20 in 2023, was Rohit Sharma’s deputy in the victorious World Cup campaign in the USA and West Indies in June. While Hardik was expected to replace Rohit as T20 captain, later after Rohit’s retirement from T20, the BCCI announced Suryakumar as the new T20 captain for the upcoming three-match series in Sri Lanka. Ashish Nehra is not surprised by Hardik Pandya not being made captain Regarding Hardik not being made the captain, Ashish Nehra said, “No, I am not surprised. When it comes to cricket, such things keep happening. Yes, Hardik Pandya was the vice-captain in the World Cup, but at the same time, a new coach has also come. Every coach and every captain has different ideas. At this time, his (Gambhir’s) ideas are in the same direction.” The former Indian fast bowler further said, “I think Ajit Agarkar and Gautam Gambhir have made it clear, it is good. He is a format game There have been fewer ODIs game Hardik Pandya will continue to be a very important player for Indian cricket in white-ball cricket. When you have him, you can have 4 fast bowlers. He brings a different balance to the team and keep in mind, there is no more dominant player in international cricket. Not just Hardik Pandya, but when you have so many matches, there are changes. Even Rishabh Pant has captained, KL Rahul has also captained.
Hardik Pandya and Natasa Stankovic’s house broke down, informed about separation through social media
All-rounder Hardik Pandya separated from Natasa Stankovic. Hardik Pandya And Natasa Stankovic (Image Credit- Instagram) Team India’s all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been in the news for a long time regarding his personal life, where news was coming that Hardik is going to separate from his wife Natasa Stankovic. Now this news has been confirmed, where Hardik has ended his relationship with Natasha and shared a post about it. Hardik Pandya has written a lot in his post for Natasa Stankovic All-rounder Hardik Pandya has shared a note on social media, in which he has written that he and Natasa Stankovic are separating by mutual consent.He further wrote that we tried to give our best together and this was a very difficult decision for both of us. Natasa Stankovic and Hardik Pandya separated *All-rounder Hardik Pandya separated from Natasa Stankovic,*After Hardik, Natasha also posted, this note is going viral rapidly.*Natasha and Hardik have written about co-parenting of their son Agastya in the note.*Both of them have also written to give people privacy during this difficult time. Hardik Pandya has shared this post on social media Natasa Stankovic has returned to Serbia On the other hand, even before this big announcement, Natasa Stankovic had taken a big decision, where she has returned to Serbia with her son. Natasha’s video from the airport came out, and now she has posted some Insta stories from her home in Serbia. There were speculations about the separation of these two for many months, Natasha was neither seen during the T20 World Cup nor was she spotted in the stadium during the IPL.Along with this, Natasha has also shared a note on social media, in which she has written about separating from Hardik. Natasha shared this post
Suryakumar Yadav got the command of the Indian team’s T20 series against Sri Lanka in place of Hardik Pandya, many people gave their reaction on social media
In this tour, Suryakumar Yadav has been given the command of India’s T20 team while Rohit Sharma will captain the ODI team. Hardik Pandya (Image Credit- Twitter X) Today, on 18th July, India has announced its team for the Sri Lanka tour. In this tour, Suryakumar Yadav has been given the command of India’s T20 team while Rohit Sharma will captain the ODI team. For quite some time now, there have been reports that Hardik Pandya could be given the captaincy in the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka, but in his place, Suryakumar Yadav has been given this responsibility in the upcoming series. Let us tell you, Hardik Pandya has captained the Indian team before and his record has been very good in it. Not only this, Hardik Pandya also captained the Mumbai Indians team in the Indian Premier League 2024. After the end of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Rohit Sharma has retired from the T20 format and many people believed that now Hardik Pandya should be given this important responsibility. However, many people are very disappointed that Hardik Pandya has not been given the captaincy of India in the T20 team for the Sri Lanka tour. However, Hardik Pandya will be seen playing for the Indian team in the T20 series against Sri Lanka. Many people gave their reactions on social media regarding Hardik Pandya not being appointed as the captain of the Indian team’s T20 team: As things stand, Hardik Pandya will play under Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav in ODIs and T20Is respectively. Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav will be captained by Hardik Pandya in the IPL. Connect-the-dots happening here. But as far as I believe, the recent developments will… — Aayush Mahajan (@CricGlance) July 18, 2024 Rohit Sharma played politics with Virat Kohli & sacked him as captain. Rohit Sharma played dirty politics with Hardik Pandya & Kl Rahul because they are close to Virat Kohli. Rohit Sharma: The most insecure cricketer ever in Indian cricket history 💔💔.#INDvsSL #klrahul pic.twitter.com/p56LtVGFXJ — Krity (@KritibratMandal) July 18, 2024 hardik pandya what’s stopping you from leading RCB and taking us to the trophy👉🏻👈🏻 pic.twitter.com/cGLGgeA9df — ๋⚝ (@vihloxazine) July 18, 2024 So much hate for this man just like Hardik pandya He gonna change things very quickly. Future of Indian Cricket⭐⭐⭐ He answered all the critics with his performance. BGT, Champions Trophy 🏆 is His Territory for sure pic.twitter.com/z4SZ2dkUQk — Kabinesh (@Kabinesh_5) July 18, 2024 Thank you Hardik Pandya for leaving GT & letting BCCI discover leadership quality in Shubman Gill 🥂 — Pam Parker 🐼 (@Pam_mogudu) July 18, 2024 Won IPL Trophy as Captain.– Play Final in 2nd season as Captain.– Captain of Mumbai Indians.– Lead Team India in T20I for more than a year.– The MVP of India in T20 WC 2024. Hardik Pandya is not the Captain and also not even he’s Vice Captain of India – Feel for Hardik. pic.twitter.com/wKoa0VbFDt — Komal chand Meena (@Komalchandmeena) July 18, 2024 Hardik Pandya Sacked through team announcement pic.twitter.com/T4w0CJoFAz — VI.RO45 (@UniquePullShot) July 18, 2024 Politics…
Team India T20I Captain: Suryakumar Yadav or Hardik Pandya – whom is Rohit Sharma supporting for captaincy?
It is being claimed in media reports that Suryakumar Yadav He could be the next captain of the Indian team. Hardik Pandya was selected as the vice-captain for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, so he was seen as Rohit’s successor. However, due to his fitness and frequent absence from the team, he will not be given this responsibility. Team India T20I Captain: Who does Rohit Sharma want to make the captain of Team India A report in Times of India claimed that former captain Rohit Sharma too to Suryakumar Yadav They want to make him the captain. The report also said that head coach Gautam Gambhir and chief selector Ajit Agarkar have also suggested the name of Suryakumar Yadav. It is also being said that both of them have discussed this with Hardik Pandya as well.