An individual’s psychological predisposition to respond or react in a particular way depending on the circumstances is known as their attitude. Be aware that neither hereditary nor divinely endowed. It becomes the foundation of your personality as you gain experience and a perspective on life, and the outside world defines it in ways you never would have imagined.
On October 11, 1993, Himanshu and Nalini welcomed Hardik Pandya into the world. Choryasi is a small village in Kamrej, Surat district, Gujarat, home to fewer than 200 families. The father was an avid cricket enthusiast and worked as a car financier. Young Hardik wanted to start a romantic relationship with cricket, the way every common Indian lad once did, after following him to Baroda’s stadium. His dazzling eyes captured the moment.
When Hardik was seven years old, the neighbourhood Punjabi Dhaba (restaurant) would mistake him for a child labourer. For fear of being dubbed a homophobe, he never ventured to stand and approach the handwashing area. People associated him with the Dhaba guys who worked hard for a day’s sustenance because of his buzz hairstyle, baggy shorts, and dark skin tone.
Talk about the attitude, the guy lacked it big-time
When the child broke into the professional cricket scene, he was spotted with a blonde hairstyle, shiny silver chains around his neck, and a passion for some international apparel labels he had once dreamed of possessing. In order to prevent the bank from taking back his car, which he paid for in installments, he concealed it.When he was signed by the Mumbai Indians in 2015 for the pitiful sum of INR 10 Lakh, everything changed.
Arrival of Clutch Pandya
Pandya was a brave, flashy, aggressive, and in-your-face player who played some amazing knocks. But in a losing effort, his historic century against Pakistan in the 2017 Champions Trophy earned the hearts of all Indians. When the 2022 T20 World Cup came around, his combination with Virat Kohli at the MCG against the same opponents only strengthened his reputation for success under duress.
The all-around player joined the Gujarat Titans in 2022 after being released by MI earlier that year, and in his first season as captain, he helped the team win a championship. He was now the expert-recommended candidate for India’s captaincy, and in 2023, he followed it up with another championship match versus CSK. On his worst days, though, Hardik would have avoided writing the chapter 2024 in Kaleidoscope even if it had meant avoiding his dreams.
Never do human beings speculate more, or have more opinions, than about things which they do not understand.
MI decided to trade back Hardik in a record INR 15 crore deal. He was named as the captain, replacing the big man, Rohit Sharma. The fireflies were out in the garden, and they illuminated the personal jibes, negative comments, the remarks as ‘Chhapri’ (a person who has no standards), getting booed by over 30,000 plus crowd, and some more vulgar memes to that. All this is because a rumour arose that Pandya has demanded captaincy in the trade clause.
Also read: Following his triumph in Barbados, Rohit Sharma’s social media post reappears, stating, “People have questioned whether I deserve to be on the team for the World Cup.”
Civilization runs a greater risk if we maintain our present attitude to religion than if we give it up
When I say ‘religion’ there, it is the norm society has stereotyped for a person to behave in a way conducive to their satisfaction and, in return, get their approval.
Let me make it clear, the perks when you do abide by it-
- Obstruction of Rational Thought
- Psychological Dependence
- Conflict and Division
- Resistance to Change
Approval…. Hmm…
When Hardik Pandya kept a smile on his face and was laughing around with the MI squad….the public disapproved.
When he delivered encouraging speeches after MI lost game after game…the public disapproved.
When he shrugged his shoulders and walked waving his hands with a wry smile…the public termed it as arrogance.
When a dog ran on the turf during the game and spectators called the dog “Hardik, Hardik”… the public approved.
But Pandya’s royal domain was fated to a land where he has jokingly termed all his life that he belonged to…
The Caribbean
Little did Pandya know that he would be admitted as a Barbadian Bajan after winning Player of the Match in the T20 World Cup 2024 match against Bangladesh.
It all came down to Pandya defending 16 runs off the final over as 1.6 billion compatriots gathered behind his hunched back, seeking to murder David Miller on strike. India had not won an ICC title since 2013, a World Cup 2023 Final loss that was still mending, and two WTC Final losses.
Hardik Pandya was not what happened to him over 6 months, Pandya was what he was about to become after 4 minutes
The first ball angled wide of the off-stump, a low full-toss. Miller hits a long ball that sails high and nearly reaches the target before dipping in over the rope. Suryakumar Yadav blossoms the ball, tosses it away, vaults over the rope with his hips, and returns to pocket it as #HardikPandya gains traction on Twitter’s trending page.
Rabada gets a boundary when he nicks the second ball towards slip. The next ball is a wide after they take two singles with the equation 12 off four. With 9 off 2, Pandya tidys up Rabada. Indian spectators at the stadium and in their homes witnessed a slender man with a classic moustache, his shaved skin shining red and sweat streaming freely, collapse on the beige Caribbean ground when he was defending the final ball.
India won the coveted ICC trophy after an 11-year hiatus
Raised to the pinnacles of Indian cricket, the Choryasi native relished his celebrity before being brutally brought to earth. The globe was unaware, however, that the Baroda’s foggy pebble was subjected to a tremendous pressure of 7,25,000 pounds per square inch, while the role of carbon atoms was played by live viewers cursing and social media acting as temperature. You might as well be familiar with the product I’m referring to.
This is what one of India’s best all-rounders quoted after the game,
More special for me, how my last 6 months were, I have been very graceful of not speaking a word, things have been very unfair, but I believed that if I keep working hard there will be a time where I would shine and do what I could do. That sums everything up. It was a dream to win. Getting an opportunity like this makes it even more special.
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