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Indian cricket coach Ravi Shastri says Hardik Pandya is the cleanest striker of the ball he has seen in the game. He praised Pandya for his game awareness. Pandya scored a career best 92 and 210 runs in 3 ODI's against Australia. Shastri also had good words for the maiden appearance of bowler Natarajan.

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Coach Jitendra Singh who coached Hardik Pandya from his childhood days talks about the way Pandya has matured over the years since the Karan Johar chat show episode. Coach Jitendra Singh says Pandya told him- "Coach you won't hear any negative things about me after this." The death of his father who took his two boys to Baroda to prepare at a cricketing academy has affected Pandya.

In the recent IPL final Pandya showed his captaincy skills and his skills as an all rounder with 3 wickets for 17 runs including that of Butler of the Rajasthan Royals and 34 runs batting at a critical stage for a over 50 run partnership with Shubman Gill. Pandya is seen as very close to players and encouraging David Miller who took the Gujarat Titans to win the game with superb batting.

Here the Indian Express calls this a Kapil Dev moment for India as Kapil Dev is the only cricketer in Test history to have scored 5000 runs and taken 400 wickets.

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Simple moong dal kitchdi a staple of Gujarati diet is what keeps Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya in fit shape. Moong dal kitchdi is made from moong dal and rice tempered with spices and ghee, and cooked just right. Spices are usually turmeric, pepper and cloves .