Hardik Pandya acknowledges going through ‘difficult’ phase, says ‘won’t run away’ and vows to ‘keep working hard’ | Parami News

“This too shall pass,” quoted Hardik Pandya, vice-captain of India, who admitted that he has had a difficult time in his cricketing career but also committed to recovering and making a stronger comeback.

For the first time in the league, Hardik captained Mumbai Indians, five-time champions in the recently concluded IPL and they were at the bottom of the table by end of season after 10 defeats in 14 matches played.

In addition to a poor leadership performance by him, even as a batsman and bowler himself Hardik got just 216 runs with an average of 18 and picked up 11 wickets.

It is also said that for some time now Pandya’s personal life has been going through a rough patch with rumours about his split with wife Natasa Stankovic.

Good times come; bad times come but if you want to keep learning, you have to stay within it good or bad phase let alone field. This was disclosed by Hardik in an interview on Star Sports.

“So yes it has been tough but again I would say that I have always been process driven. So I mean I try to stick to as many regular things as possible.”

“That sometimes happens; there are good times and bad times. They come and go all right. It’s okay. In those situations I’ve been before so many times and now I will go out of them again.”

“I don’t take my successes seriously too much. Whatever [is] going well, I forget about it at once,” he added. “This holds true for tough times too.” “I don’t shy away from it. Everything comes my way with chin up,

The 30-year-old added that if anything is pushed or pulled backwards during these toughest moments his sixteen years old self serves as the biggest motivation towards bouncing back.

“As they say this too shall pass. You must understand this is simple – play the sport, acknowledge like you need to maybe improve on your skillset, practise hard – hard work never goes unrewarded – and keep smiling.”

“I believe it’s a matter of self-belief. I really do believe in working hard. This is because if you don’t put effort, you won’t achieve anything. Why do I prepare myself over and over again? It’s simply because I am not guaranteed success, but I am guaranteed the chance to succeed. And how can I get better? Talk to myself alone. You know who you really are.”

Hardik Pandya, being 30 years old now, has much easier work compared to when I was 16. Thus I will go back to my teen and ask him how he managed to do it and why? Because at that point in time there were no facilities or opportunities for me. It was through hard work that gave me a chance as doors opened for me. So right now I’m in that zone where I am going and asking the 16-year-old because he is my actual motivator because if that guy had not set platform maybe I would never have been here.

During the T20 World Cup warm-up match against Bangladesh on Saturday Hardik showed signs of returning to form with quickfire unbeaten knock of 40 off 23 deliveries He also picked up a wicket during the game in New York.