Hardik Pandya lauds dad's contribution in meteoric cricketing rise by gifting him car

India all-rounder Hardik Pandya brought a great deal of joy and sprung up an element of surprise for his father Himanshu Pandya after notching up a stellar ton in the third Test match of his career against Sri Lanka. 

The Baroda lad did not put an end to his surprise spree with his on field heroics but also took his father by surprise gifting him a car. Hardik's elder brother Krunal, who also plays for Mumbai Indians, took his father to a car showroom. Hardik, who was on a video call from Sri Lanka, was assisting his father and brother in selecting the car. Hardik took to Twitter and shared the video.

"So glad to see his face lit up like that this is the guy who should get all the happiness in life and deserves all the credit, my dad!," the tweet read.

So glad to see his face lit up like that❤this is the guy who should get all the happiness in life and deserves all the credit, my dad! pic.twitter.com/G55mBHpraw

— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) August 16, 2017

Hardik Pandya has repeatedly mentioned that his father is one person he looks up to. He gave his dad a surprise by gifting him a swanky small car. He also posted a video of when his dad got the first glimpse of the car and realized it was for him. Pandya in this post along with the video, he wrote, ““So glad to see his face lit up like that. 

Yes, this is the guy who should get all the happiness in life & deserves the credit, my dad! He was the one who left everything what he had for me & @krunalpandya_official and which takes a lot of courage to do.”

When Himanshu Pandya agreed to buy a red car, the showroom manager came and said: "This is your car. You are owner".An ecstatic and emotional father took the phone said 'I love you' to Hardik over the video call. Hardik responded in a series of tweets.