New Delhi: Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya played an important role in Team India’s T20 World victory. He picked up 11 wickets and also scored 144 runs at a strike rate of 151.57.
He took 3 crucial wickets in the final and also defended 16 runs in the last over. Hardik sustained a freak injury during the ODI World Cup 2023 in Pune against Bangladesh when he tried to field off his own bowling.
Later, he was ruled out of the entire World Cup. He made his comeback during the IPL 2024 when he replaced Rohit Sharma as the skipper of Mumbai Indians. He didn’t had a great IPL as a player. Under his leadership, his franchise also finished last in the points table.
But the all-rounder made a sensational comeback in the T20 World Cup. Hardik shared his fitness journey in the two pictures on Instagram and wrote “Was a difficult journey after the freak 2023 WC injury but well worth the effort with the T20 WC win. The results come as long as you put in the effort. Hard work doesn’t go unnoticed. Let’s all try our best and work on our fitness”.
‘Convince Hardik to play Test cricket’: Sunil Gavaskar
The former legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar believes that BCCI should convince Hardik Pandya to play Test cricket
“Yes, absolutely, they can. I think in the next two months, there should be an attempt to convince Hardik Pandya to play Test cricket” Gavaskar said in a Revsportz interview.
He also said that if he can bowl ten overs a day then Team India can surely go on to win the WTC final and can also beat Australia in Australia.
If he bowls ten overs a day to go with his batting, this Indian team could become invincible, and they can surely go on and win the WTC and beat Australia in Australia” he added.
Hardik had a great start to his Test career but due to injuries the all-rounder only managed to play 11 Test matches. He has scored 532 runs in 18 innings and also took 17 wickets in his short Test career. Hardik last played a Test match for India in September 2018.
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