Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding in Mumbai on Friday was graced by India’s Hardik Pandya, the country’s most famous all-rounder and Bollywood actress Ananya Panday who set the dance floor on fire. The electrifying performance they staged only added to this already overwhelming jubilation of the grand wedding ceremony.
Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Ajinkya Rahane,Yuzvendra Chahal, Shreyas Iyer were among other notable cricket players present at the star studded event.
The new Indian cricket team head coach and legendary cricketer MS Dhoni also attended the much talked about wedding.
India’s victory under Hardik Pandya’s guidance earned them a title win at 2024 T20 World Cup held in Americas. In India’s case, their World Cup victory in T20 format was an opportunity for redemption for Pandya after his lackluster IPL season where fans booed him because he was made captain of Mumbai Indians.
After a chaotic IPL in which he experienced fans’ boos as one of Mumbai Indians’ captains and then scoring low runs both in USA and Caribbean matches of T20 World Cup Series; however with a very good batting performance by him including a century against South Africa which helped his team reach final before losing out to winners West Indies there.
Not long ago he turned into number one player across all ICC’s T20I all-rounders’ rankings or ranking first among these players ahead of his compatriots as India improved its position following their successful participation in recently concluded tournaments.
He proved decisive as India won a pulsating final against South Africa by dismissing Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller with figures of 3/20 in Barbados thus turning the game around for his side.
Hardik Pandya has not only been impactful late order batsman but also made significant contributions with ball. He scored 144 runs batting at a strike rate of 150 above and also took 11 wickets in the tournament.