Hardik Pandya was the most searched on Google in 2024, leaving Dhoni and Virat behind due to these 4 reasons

India's star cricketer Hardik Pandya has become the most searched Indian cricketer on Google in the year 2024. He has also beaten giants like Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and Rohit Sharma in this matter. Hardik Pandya has been in the news for many matters this year. He was searched on Google for everything from divorce to winning the T20 World Cup. The result was that he became the most searched Indian cricketer this year. Let's know about the special reasons for Pandya being in the news this year.
He got trolled a lot after getting the captaincy of Mumbai Indians.
Hardik Pandya played for Mumbai Indians for years in IPL. Later, the Gujarat Titans made him their captain. After spending two years with this team, he returned to Mumbai Indians again. But he was made the captain in place of Rohit Sharma. Mumbai Indians fans did not like this decision and the audience trolled Hardik a lot during the entire IPL. They also used abusive words for him. Let us tell you that Mumbai Indians' performance was also poor under Hardik's captaincy.
Divorce from Natasha Stankovic
While Hardik Pandya was facing insults from fans during IPL, he was also fighting the difficulties going on in his personal life. Hardik Pandya's relationship with Natasha Stankovic was breaking down. Eventually, both of them officially confirmed their separation in July 2024. Let us tell you that both of them got divorced after four years of marriage.
Hardik also got separated from his son
Along with separation from his wife, Hardik also had to bear the pain of separation from his son. Hardik and Natasha are parents of a son Agastya Pandya. However, after the divorce, Natasha is raising Agastya. After the divorce, Natasha went to Serbia with her son and returned to India after one and a half months. After this, Hardik met his son. He also shared a video of himself with Agastya on social media.
India won the T20 World Cup
The reason for Hardik Pandya being in the discussion on Google this year was also his winning the T20 World Cup 2024 for India. He performed brilliantly for the team with both bat and ball in this tournament. At the same time, he did memorable bowling in the last over of the final against South Africa. He took the big wicket of Miller in the last over. Due to which Team India managed to win the title by 7 runs.