'When your brother also plays same sport...'

“We have always discussed cricket in terms of tactical, technical stuff which always helps. It has always been a good conversation, a very healthy conversation about cricket and how we can get better. When you have your brother also playing the same sport, it always helps each other. And, I mean, 10 trophies in the Pandya household is not a bad number to have. God’s been kind.”

Hardik was part of the MI squad that won their second IPL title in 2015 while Krunal made his first appearance for the side in 2016. The brothers then were an integral part of the MI sides that won the title in 2017, 2019 and 2020. While Krunal stayed with MI for one more season, Hardik left to become captain of the newly formed Gujarat Titans and led them to the trophy in their very first season. He then led them to the final the next year before returning to MI as captain, a move that was highly unpopular in his first season back. While he had a better time of it last season in which MI made it to the playoffs, the five-time champions finished second-last on the league table this year. Hardik is now set to lose captaincy of MI.

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