The owner of the Indians of Mumbai (MI), Nita Ambani, recently revealed the background history of how the five times champions of the Premier League of India (IPL) acquired the Pandya brothers: Hardik and Krunal Pandya. He recalled the moment he met Hardik and Krunal during a preparatory camp more than a decade ago. Nita Abani used to attend the Ranji trophy matches while looking for talent and was during one of those training fields that met the Pandya brothers.

In Nita Abani’s words

“In IPL, we all have a fixed budget, so each team can spend x amount of money, so we had to think about new ways to obtain talent … So I remember looking talent, and used to go to all the Ranji Trophy matches, and my explorers and I would go to all these domestic cricket games.

He also revealed that the two had no money and survived alone in noodles for three years.

“I was talking to them, and they told me that for three years, they have not eaten anything more than Maggi noodles because they have not had money. But in them, I saw the spirit, passion and hunger that they wanted to make it great. Those two brothers were Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya. In 2015, I bought Hardik Pandya at 10,000 US dollars at the auction, and today is the proud captain of the Mumbai Indians, ”he added.

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The Pandya brothers

Hardik Pandya joined the Mumbai Indians in 2015 and played for them until the 2021 season. It was then collected by Gujarat Titans (GT) before the IPL 2022 season and guided the newly formed franchise to its bacheloretum title in single Your debut season that year. After spending a couple of years in GT, Hardik returned to me before the 2024 season and was appointed his employer. The Mumbai Indians, however, suffered a disappointing final of the IPL 2024.

Krunal, on the other hand, moved to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in 2022 after spending six seasons in the Mumbai Indians. He played for LSG between 2022 and 2024 and was broken by Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) per RS ​​5.75 million rupees at the IPL 2025 Mega auction in Saudi Arabia last year.

“I could talk to the ball”

The pacemaker Jasprit Bumrah has been a pillar in the Indians of Mumbai since his IPL debut in 2013. He has taken 165 WICKETS of 133 IPL games for the Mumbai Indians to date and is known for his lethal letters that cannot be reproduced . Nita Abani revealed how the 31 -year -old would talk to the ball.

“The following year, our explorers obtained a young Crick player with strange body language, and said Watch Lowle Bowl. We saw it, I could talk to the ball. That was our bumrah and the rest is history. Last year, we launched Tilak Varma, and now he is a proud member of Team India. So I think Mumba’s Indians are legitimately called Cricket nursery in India, ”he recalled.

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