Does Hardik Pandya smoke?: Yes [5]IndiaToday.Does Hardik Pandya drink alcohol?: Yes.Hardik Pandya hails from modest family background. Hardik Pandyas childhood picture with his father Himanshu Pandya.His father is an ardent lover of cricket. During his childhood, his father took him to watch matches in Baroda, after which, he started taking interest in cricket.When he was five years old, his family moved from Choryasi, Surat to Gorwa, Baroda and enrolled him in Kiran More International Academy in Baroda, along with his brother, Krunal Pandya, who was seven years old at that time.His family lived on lease in Gorwa because of financial issues. They had a second-hand car to travel to the cricket ground.Hardik Pandya faced lots of difficulties in his teenage days. His father suffered thrice from the heart attack due to which his father had to quit his job. Hardik Pandya with his father Himanshu Pandya.He dropped out of school after ninth standard and started focusing on his cricket career.Earlier, he used to play as a leg spinner. In one of the local league matches in Baroda, his team was short of one fast bowler. The former Indian cricketer, Kiran More told him to play as fast bowler and he accepted this task immediately. He surprised everyone with his performance by picking seven wickets in that match. He, then, switched his bowling from leg spinner to medium pacer.Kiran More helped him a lot by not charging any fee from him for the first three years in his academy.