{"id":489950,"date":"2026-02-19T10:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/489950\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:47:10","slug":"after-she-helped-rediscover-excitement-remark-hardik-pandya-shares-intimate-birthday-post-for-mahieka-sharma-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/489950\/","title":{"rendered":"After \u2018she helped rediscover excitement\u2019 remark, Hardik Pandya shares intimate birthday post for Mahieka Sharma | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hardik-pandya-shares-intimate-birthday-post-for-mahieka-sharma.jpg\" alt=\"After \u2018she helped rediscover excitement\u2019 remark, Hardik Pandya shares intimate birthday post for Mahieka Sharma\" title=\"Hardik Pandya shares intimate birthday post for Mahieka Sharma\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Hardik Pandya shares intimate birthday post for Mahieka Sharma NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/hardik-pandya\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hardik Pandya<\/a> shared a sweet birthday post for his girlfriend Mahieka Sharma on Instagram. He posted a warm photo with her and wrote, \u201cHappy birthday my princess.\u201d Hardik confirmed his relationship with Mahieka in late 2025. This came more than a year after his divorce from Natasa Stankovic in July 2024.  <\/p>\n<p>How Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma are hurting India | T20 World Cup<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Hardik and Mahieka have been seen together many times. She has also been seen spending time with Hardik\u2019s son, Agastya, which showed the growing closeness between them.In an interview with JioStar amid this ongoing T20 World Cup, Hardik spoke about how Mahieka helped him in his cricket journey. He admitted that he had not used his full potential as a batter. He said, \u201cAfter the last IPL, I realised that I really wanted to play to my full potential. I think until now, I haven&#8217;t utilised more than 40 per cent of my batting potential.\u201d He explained that he needed time to understand how to bring out his best form.Hardik said Mahieka played a key role in motivating him. <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hardik Pandya's post for Mahieka Sharma\" msid=\"128537686\" width=\"\" title=\"Hardik Pandya's post for Mahieka Sharma \" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hardik-pandyas-post-for-mahieka-sharma.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hardik Pandya&#8217;s post for Mahieka Sharma <\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThat&#8217;s when Mahieka came into my life. We started talking about the sport and how to bring that child back.\u201d He also said, \u201cMahieka helped me rediscover that excitement for the game that I always had.\u201d He shared that he trained for long hours and spent six to seven hours on the ground on some days.On Valentine\u2019s Day 2026, Hardik got a tattoo on the back of his neck to show his feelings for Mahieka. The tattoo includes the letter \u2018M\u2019 and two leopards. The leopards symbolise their strong bond and how they push each other to be better. Tattoo artist Sunny Bhanushali explained the meaning and said, \u201cHardik came with the idea of an initial, but conversations revealed something much deeper. They described themselves as partners who amplify each other&#8217;s strengths. The leopard became the perfect metaphor \u2014 powerful alone, unstoppable together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hardik Pandya shares intimate birthday post for Mahieka Sharma NEW DELHI: Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya shared a sweet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,10052,247608,740,247606,42163,247603,247609,247604,247602,85,247605,247607],"class_list":["post-489950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-tattoos-meaning","tag-cricket","tag-cricketer-love-life","tag-hardik-pandya","tag-hardik-pandya-birthday-post","tag-hardik-pandya-family","tag-hardik-pandya-interview","tag-mahieka-sharma-relationship","tag-sports","tag-sports-motivation","tag-valentines-day-tattoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}