India, Dec. 31 -- Batter Jerssis Wadia's Big Bash League breakthrough didn't just arrive with three sixes; it arrived with a message from Hardik Pandya.

The 24-year-old, now with the Adelaide Strikers, went viral after detonating 22 runs in three balls against Brisbane Heat, launching three sixes at the start of his cameo in only his second outing for the franchise. Wadia said he went in wanting a six almost every ball. The clip took off, his Instagram blew up, and he received messages, including texts from Hardik Pandya and Nicholas Pooran.

The Hardik Pandya connection, Wadia insists, isn't a celebrity drive-by. He says Pandya once took tuition from Wadia's mother and, early in his India career, even stayed at the Wadia home in Mumbai....