It is a well known fact that Hardik Pandya had a rough time in the IPL 2024 season after taking over as Mumbai Indians captain from Rohit Sharma. Some fans didn’t like the choice, and after a few bad games, they booed him at Wankhede Stadium. But Hardik didn’t let that stop him. He got back on track and helped the Indian cricket team in the T20 World Cup 2024 and the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Mohammad Kaif, a former star on the Indian cricket team, thinks Hardik Pandya went through mental torture during the 2024 season. He even said Hardik deserves a movie about how he overcame the difficulties to make a comeback.
He kept the pain inside and moved on, and that is Hardik Pandya’s comeback story. It was a terrible thing. Fans booed him, and people wrote him off. As a player, I can tell you that moving forward with insults and dealing with them is the deepest wound. A player never forgets that. You can drop him, but being insulted wasn’t good. It turned out to be mental torture for the player, Kaif said online.
That’s what happened to Hardik—mental torture. Even with all of that, he played in the T20 World Cup, where he got Heinrich Klaasen out in the final. Then, in the Champions Trophy, he hit Zampa for sixes. He did well with both the bat and ball, fighting like a lion. If they ever make a movie about him, the last seven months should be an example to players of how to go against the grain, stay calm, believe in yourself, and make a comeback, the former Indian cricket team star said.
