Hardik Pandya has endured a tough Indian Premier League season as captain of the Mumbai Indians. The 5-time champions are close to the bottom of the IPL 2025 standings, sitting ninth on 2 points from their five matches they’ve played so far.
Ahead of their crucial fixture against Delhi Capitals, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, the MI skipper however made time for a special meeting. He met up with the rising star in women’s cricket during a team’s practice session and honoured his word he gave to the young star.
Pandya met Kashvee Gautam and gifted her a bat, a promise he made to her in an earlier meeting. Kashvee rose to stardom after an excellent season with the Gujarat Titans women’s team in the 2025 Women’s Premier League. The MI skipper is Kashvee’s idol and the duo had met during a WPL fixture earlier this year.
A lighter bat
In that meeting during the WPL match, Kashvee revealed to Hardik that he inspires her playing style and had even written “HP33” on her bat. Feeling humbled by that revelation, Pandya promised to gift her a bat from his collection. He promised to gift her a lighter bat, one weighing 1,100, which was the size of Kashvee’s original bat. Watch here:
And the swashbuckling all-rounder made good on his word as he met Kashvee ahead of Sunday’s blockbuster game in the national capital.
Kashvee Gautam shared a video of their interaction on her Instagram account and captioned it, “Champions don’t just play the game—they uplift the next generation. Hardik Pandya, promise made, promise kept. Thank you, @hardikpandya93.”
DC vs MI IPL 2025
Table toppers Delhi Capitals will host Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi later today at 7:30 PM. DC sit pretty on top and will look to win their fifth game in a row this season while MI will hope they don’t crash to a hat trick of defeats as they sit near the bottom in ninth with just 2 points in the season.
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