Hardik Pandya
India · Mumbai Indians
Right-hand bat · Right-arm fast-medium
India's premier pace-bowling all-rounder
Role
All-rounder
Batting
Right-hand bat
IPL Team
MI
DOB
11 October 1993
Biography
Hardik Pandya is a rare pace-bowling all-rounder who can win matches with both bat and ball. Captain of India in T20Is and MI's marquee all-rounder, he is one of the IPL's biggest impact players.
Career Statistics
| Format | Matches | Runs | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 86 | 1,777 | 31.7 | 105.6 | 1 | 8 |
| T20I | 110 | 2,300 | 28.7 | 145.9 | 0 | 14 |
| Test | 11 | 332 | 21 | 70 | 0 | 1 |
🏏 IPL Career
130
Matches
2,700
Runs
53
Wickets
36.4
Average
145.6
Strike Rate
Career Milestones
✨ Career Highlights
- ⭐4 IPL titles (MI: 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020)
- ⭐Best ODI bowling: 4/24
- ⭐Hitman Test century at No. 5 vs Sri Lanka
- ⭐Best T20I strike rate among Indian all-rounders (145+)
Fantasy Cricket Tips — Hardik Pandya
IPL 2026 captaincy, venue & matchup analysis
₹8.5 Cr
Pace-bowling all-rounder — finisher with wicket-taking ability
⭐⭐⭐⭐ GL differential captain. High ceiling, variable floor.
Wankhede (explosive batting). Flat pitches (allows his power-hitting to shine).
Chepauk (CSK's spin strangles Hardik's scoring zones in middle overs).
Under-owned in GL because MI's overseas bowlers get more hype. Jadeja is the crowd pick.
Flat pitch, batting second = Hardik floors 50+. Slow pitch = fade his batting, consider bowling.
Right-handers in powerplay and death — bowls his best overs when batters target him.
Death overs IPL 2026: 6 wickets at 9.5 econ. Batting SR 145+ in IPL 2026.
Pace AR on flat pitches = GL gold. Don't captain him on slow tracks.
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xFP Player Profile
Hardik Pandya — model view
The CricJosh expected-fantasy-points engine publishes a per-player vector: point estimate, 80% prediction band, captaincy multiplier, venue tilt, and a sample-size flag. This is the same data the captain overlay uses when ranking C/VC candidates. The numbers below are derived from the player’s last 60 innings (batters) or last 30 overs (bowlers), park-adjusted.
xFP per match
54.2
80% band: 38–71
Captain overlay
×2.0
band: ×1.8–×2.3
Sample size
high
> 60 innings
Venue tilt
flat deck +, spin –
composite tilt
Phase split
PP 38% / Mid 31% / Death 31%
fantasy-point share
Risk flag
low
tournament-wide calibrated
How to read these numbers
The xFP point estimate is the model’s best guess at this player’s fantasy-points-per-match under average conditions. The 80% band is the residual interval — under normal conditions, 4 out of 5 fixtures will sit inside the band. The captain overlay is multiplicative: applying it on top of xFP gives the captaincy-adjusted expectation. The venue tilt tells you which direction to lean when you apply the match-specific venue model manually.
Caveat
These outputs are part of a model-produced vector. CricJosh.app does not run real-money contests and does not endorse this player as a captaincy pick. The vector is one input to a probability-weighted decision; it is not a tip.