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'Always Wanted To Be No. 1' - Hardik Pandya Reveals His Unique Mantra For Success At Highest Level

Hardik Pandya reveals that fitness improved his career as an all-rounder (X.com)Hardik Pandya reveals that fitness improved his career as an all-rounder (X.com)

Indian prolific all-rounder Hardik Pandya recently shared insights on what drives him as a professional athlete to push more and how improving fitness enhanced his career drastically. 

Hardik Pandya, who played a pivotal role in India’s T20 World Cup victory, has had a roller-coaster international career marked by both brilliance and setbacks. Early in his career, while his talent was undeniable, his physical fitness was not up to the mark required for international cricket.

Moreover, as a fast bowling all-rounder, Hardik’s body wore down due to his hectic international cricket schedule. Regardless of the setbacks, Pandya never gave up and achieved numerous milestones in national colours.

Meanwhile, in a latest interview, Hardik Pandya revealed that the desire to be no.1 in everything he does fuels him to push limits on the field.

"I never knew what fitness would do to me, but it's just that I felt it that for me I always wanted to be No. 1 in everything which I do, so in a habit of that, I kept training a lot when I was young, I pushed myself a lot, ran a lot so I had a very good strong base," Pandya said.

Pandya added that in his rookie days, he wasn’t much aware of the role fitness plays in an athlete’s life. Yet, the all-rounder pushed all limits in training to get his foundation right.

"Obviously, there was not much knowledge about the body, not much knowledge about how to increase my fitness, but because my base was strong and I did the basics which you are supposed to do while training, it helped me when I came to the higher level."

However, it was only around 2017 that Hardik Pandya realised how pushing limits can elevate his bowling speed, and since then, he has been working extra hard to build stamina and get his body in the right shape.

"I used to bowl if I'm not wrong 130s; higher 130s, I was able to go 140 plus, 142 by pushing, that's when I realised by 2017 or not as soon as I started getting more more into my body, more knowledge about it and that's when I start pushing," he added.

Notably, Hardik Pandya is currently one of the fittest Indian cricketers, and he looks forward to managing his workload to avoid any injury setbacks.