Hardik Pandya with girlfriend Mahika SharmaImage Credit source: Instagram
Hardik Pandya, who returned fully fit, has once again shown why Team India needs him the most. Hardik played an important role in winning the T20 series against South Africa with his strong performance. Especially in the last match of the series in Ahmedabad, Hardik wreaked such havoc with the bat, for which South Africa had no answer. Team India not only won the match and the series but this match was even more special for Hardik because his girlfriend Mahika Sharma also witnessed it and both of them celebrated this victory in a special way.
Hardik’s charm in front of Mahika
The last match of the series was played on 19 December at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, which Team India won by 30 runs and won the series 3-1. Heartfelt played the most important role in this. First, he showed amazing performance with the bat and as soon as he came, he hit a six on the first ball. After this, in just 16 balls, he scored the second fastest half-century for India in T20 International.
Hardik Pandya played a brilliant inning of 63 runs in just 25 balls and his girlfriend Mahika Sharma was present in the stadium to see all this. This was the first time that Mahika had reached the stadium to see Hardik playing. In such a situation, Team India’s star all-rounder did not disappoint. After batting, he showed his strength through bowling and got the wicket of Dewald Brevis. In this way Hardik played a big role in the victory of Team India.
Celebrated by taking girlfriend in the car
Now if the team won then there was bound to be celebration. Hardik celebrated this occasion by taking his girlfriend around in his car on the streets of his city. Mahika Sharma posted a video story on her Instagram account, in which Hardik was driving his luxury car and Mahika sitting next to him was making a video of it. Its video has also become popular on social media.
After winning the T20I series, Hardik Pandya took his girlfriend Mahieka Sharma for a car ride.❤️ pic.twitter.com/hwqjkpotN9
— Mention Cricket (@MentionCricket) December 20, 2025
Now keeping an eye on T20 World Cup
As far as Hardik’s performance is concerned, the all-rounder, who is returning from this series for the first time after the injury suffered in the Asia Cup, scored blazing half-centuries in the first and last matches of the series. Team India won both these matches. Hardik scored a total of 142 runs in the series and was the third highest scorer. Apart from this, he also took 3 wickets. Now Pandya’s eyes will be on repeating the same performance in the T20 series against New Zealand in January and then in the T20 World Cup to be held from February 7.