Hardik Pandya's stock continues to rise as Indian superstar storms ahead of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in popularity

With his explosive all-round ability on the ground and eye-catching swagger off the pitch, Hardik Pandya has evolved to become a household name in the country.

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With his explosive all-round ability on the ground and eye-catching swagger off the pitch, Hardik Pandya has evolved to become a household name in the country. The swashbuckling all-rounder has won the hearts of millions of people around the world with his unique talent for winning cricket matches for his team. In the last couple of years, Hardik has grown as a leader and now leads the Indian cricket team in the shortest format of the game. Through his attractive lifestyle and personality, Hardik has earned millions of followers on social media.

In the recent, the Indian all-rounder breached the 25-million mark when it comes to his followers on Instagram. The lanky cricketer now has 25.1 million followers on just Instagram alone, which is more that tennis legends Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal while Hardik is also ahead of Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland.

Hardik shared a post on Instagram to celebrate the new milestone and captioned it, "25 MILLION followers on Instagram! I am truly grateful from the bottom of my heart for all your love, all your wishes, all your constant support. Thank you. My beautiful wife @natasastankovic__ decided to ask me 25 questions to celebrate the 25 million of us together."

"Thank you to all my fans for the love. Each one of my fans is special to me and I would like to thank them for the love and support they have given me over all these years," Hardik said in the Instagram video.

When it comes to the most followed Indian cricketers on Instagram Virat Kohli leads the chart by a huge margin.

Virat Kohli: 239 million 
MS Dhoni: 40.7 million
Sachin Tendulkar: 39 million 
Rohit Sharm: 26.9 million 
Hardik Pandya: 25.1 million

On the cricketing front, Hardik Pandya will return to the Indian team for the ODI series against Australia. He will lead the Men in Blue in the first ODI against the Baggy Green as Rohit Sharma will be unavailable for that game. 

 

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