Watch: Hardik Pandya promises to gift special bat to Gujarat Giants' Kashvee Gautam

Gujarat Giants' Kashvee Gautam experienced a fangirl moment as she met Hardik Pandya after the Women's Premier League (WPL) 2025 Eliminator against Mumbai Indians on Thursday, March 13, at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

Gujarat faced a 47-run defeat in the Eliminator to crash out of the competition. Gautam picked up one wicket and bowled economically. However, with the bat, she was run out for four off six deliveries. Gujarat were bowled out for 166, chasing a mammoth target of 214.

Hardik, who is the captain of the men's team of Mumbai Indians, came to watch the encounter with batting coach Kieron Pollard. After the match, Kashvee met Hardik when Harleen Deol introduced her to the Indian men’s all-rounder.

Upon seeing Hardik, Kashvee greeted him with "Hi, sir," to which Hardik responded, "Hello." Expressing her admiration, Kashvee said, "Big fan, Sir!" and Hardik replied, "Thank you," before asking, "Sab badhiya? (All’s well?). Kashvee replied, "Jee haan, bahut badhiya (Yes, very good)". Hardik then asked, "Kaisa raha season? (How was the season?)," to which Kashvee replied, "Bahut achcha tha. (It was very good)".

Harleen then shook hands with Hardik and said, "Ye bahut badi fan hain aapki, aapko imitate karti rehti hai." (She’s a big fan of yours and keeps imitating you.)

Hardik then asked the 21-year-old Kashvee, "Tum bhi all-rounder ho, batting bhi karti ho? (You’re also an all-rounder, do you bat too?), to which Kashvee answered, "Haan, batting bhi karti hoon, HP33 likhwaya hai bat pe." (Yes, I also bat, and I have HP33 inscribed on my bat).

Hardik then asked the weight of the bats she used, and Kashvee replied, "1100." After hearing this, Hardik promised to gift her a bat, saying, "Main chilwake bhejta hoon (I’ll send one for you after getting it shredded)". 

The Baroda all-rounder shook her hand once again before wishing her good luck. After the wholesome interaction, a thrilled Kashvee gave Harleen a hug. The former had an impressive campaign with the ball as she finished with 11 wickets from nine matches at an average of 18.18.

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Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians will take on Delhi Capitals in the finals of WPL 2025 on Saturday, March 15, at the Brabourne Stadium. Meanwhile, Hardik and Co. will begin their campaign in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Sunday, March 23, when they take on arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.