“I always want to improve as a person, rather than being an improved cricketer.” Hardik Pandya shared how he draws inspiration from MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli.
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00:00I'm really following them as Mahi bhai and Virat.
00:03Yeah.
00:03Because the way they are, not what they have achieved.
00:06I'm not trying intentionally, but I've got a little karma.
00:09I always want to improve as a person rather than being an improved cricketer.
00:30I want to improve as a person rather than being an improved cricketer.
00:52I always want to see the main thing I always want to improve as a person rather than being
00:59an improved cricketer.
01:00I want to improve as a person because when you improve you think smart you you know you
01:03be you take right decisions.
01:05So we have this rule now in the Indian team.
01:07I only have one rule.
01:08While having dinner we keep our phone on the table and collect all the phones.
01:12Who was there in the table.
01:13I keep the take the phone and I keep on the side.
01:16Unless and until we don't sign the bill.
01:18We do.
01:19No one touches.
01:20Silent and no one touches.
01:21I don't want this ting hua toh idhar dekha, which I don't want
01:26I am very proud of you
01:28So which
01:29I'm very proud of you
01:30If somebody had told me you've done this rule, I wouldn't have thought you've done it
01:33When someone asks us like, who's your idol?
01:35Yeah
01:36I get blanked out
01:37Yeah
01:38Because I'm like, mai kisko soch ke dekhta hoon
01:40Then I was like, so that's why nowadays I take, I mean
01:44Which I'm really following them as like Mahi bhai and Virat
01:48Yeah
01:49The way they are
01:50Not what they have achieved
01:51The way they are after achieving this
01:53So I want to be like them, you know
01:54Being disciplined, being sweet to people
01:57You know, I want to know how they have become there
02:00I mean, how they have reached there
02:01Yeah
02:02And I'm just understanding them
02:04Okay, now we understand that how they are
02:06That's why I'm trying to, you know
02:08Without asking, I'm just being, you know
02:10I'm just noticing what they are doing, how they are doing
02:12And understanding what it takes to be there
02:17No, because
02:18They are nice women, be rest assured they are successful
02:20The way they train, you can see that
02:22The way they make runs, you can see that
02:24But what they think, what's in their heart, in their mind
02:27What you can't see outside
02:29That's the kind of stuff that you want to learn from them
02:32Like a hard-working cricketer
02:34Who plays for India will be training
02:3720%
02:38In India
02:39And the one who is still playing
02:41Like he's not playing much, he'll be 19%
02:43It's not like it drastically changes to 10%
02:46So it doesn't happen in training
02:47Whatever happens, happens here
02:48We do the same hard work in training
02:51Yeah
02:52But why they are like this?
02:54Because
02:55This is strong
02:57This is on the right track
02:58That's why
02:59Another thing I really like and I think
03:01Which you must have learned from as well
03:03Is
03:04Virat's attitude
03:06On the field
03:07Aggressive
03:08Focused
03:09Sometimes angry
03:11But off the field
03:12He's a completely different guy
03:14That's how it should be
03:16That's how you balance your life
03:18That's our personality on the ground
03:21We don't
03:22Having said that
03:23Being aggressive or being short
03:25When we play
03:27We are into it
03:29On the ground
03:30We are just passionate about playing
03:32We are representing our country
03:33We have to do it
03:34And that thing
03:36Always keeps on getting us through