After his comeback to the Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya shared why Mumbai holds a special place in his heart. ♥️
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00:00We look like your captains in relationships.
00:02My name is Pandya.
00:03A guy from Gujarat has come from Baroda.
00:06He doesn't know anything about life.
00:08And this city has taught me a lot of things.
00:10How to be humble.
00:12I was here before.
00:13I went somewhere for just 2 years.
00:14Now I am back.
00:15So what's the point of coming back home?
00:30Music
00:51Anytime you step out of the cricket field,
00:52obviously it's a very special occasion.
00:54But one thing is that
00:56from where you started,
00:58that will always be the closest to anyone's heart.
01:01Home?
01:02Feel like home?
01:04Yeah, Mumbai has been, you know.
01:06This home, in a different way,
01:09obviously my cricketing journey started here.
01:11But at the same point of time,
01:12this city taught me growth in life.
01:15A guy from Gujarat has come from Baroda.
01:18He doesn't know anything about life.
01:20And this city has taught me a lot of things.
01:23How to be humble.
01:24How to never give up in life.
01:26This city has also given me so much love
01:28and at the same point of time, so much learning.
01:30Which I don't think, you know,
01:32anything can take it away from this place.
01:35You know, it's been a very special place.
01:37And I'm going to be forever grateful to obviously the people.
01:39And at the same point of time, to the city as well.
01:41Does this place challenge you?
01:43Like people are telling me,
01:45this is a new challenge.
01:46No, man.
01:47I was here before.
01:49I went somewhere for just 2 years.
01:51Now I am back.
01:52So what's the point of coming back home?
01:55Mumbai considers you as its own.
01:57When you went to Gujarat,
01:59Gujarat is also the same, Hardik Pandya.
02:01You will get that love.
02:02But the first season that he made his debut in 2015
02:05was the second title for Mumbai.
02:07I love this photo, Hardik.
02:09Absolutely love this photo.
02:11Actually, I feel like doing a contest.
02:13There are so many other names.
02:14Jaspreet is still getting ready.
02:16She hasn't shaved her beard yet.
02:18Jassi is there.
02:20There's a young Suchit.
02:21There is Unmookchand.
02:22There is young PP.
02:23Nitish Rana.
02:24And in the middle, full excited HP.
02:27First season, first title.
02:30I mean, everywhere there were some big names.
02:33And then the youngsters.
02:34New nucleus.
02:352015, first season, first final.
02:37First title that he touched.
02:38Take it away, Hardik.
02:39Tell us about this.
02:40It was very special.
02:42Because of this moment,
02:44I am sitting here.
02:45If it wasn't for this,
02:47I wouldn't be here right now.
02:48So, the whole season,
02:51I was fortunate enough that
02:55I was able to contribute
02:56in a much larger scale.
02:57Where there were knockout games.
02:59And I was able to contribute.
03:00My best memories of 2015.
03:02There were two men of the match.
03:04They came in the knockouts.
03:05So, it was a do or die situation.
03:08So, at the same point of time,
03:09if I do the whole summary,
03:11this will be the best year of my life.
03:13Because the journey started from here.
03:15The journey started from here.
03:16And from here,
03:17as they say,
03:18the boy who brought dreams from Gujarat,
03:21how did he take those dreams forward?
03:23This was the only way to go forward.
03:25And life changed like that.
03:29So, almost the ignition point.
03:32After this...
03:33Yeah, MI became a different MI.
03:36Yeah, in MI, they used to say...
03:38We became home-grown superstars.
03:40Home-grown superstars.
03:41Absolutely.
03:42Superstars who were found.
03:43I look like your captain in this.
03:45My name is Pandya.
03:46Woah!