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  • GT vs SRH: Not desirous about India now, my give attention to IPL now – Hardik Pandya

    Hardik Pandya hasn’t performed for India because the T20 World Cup 2021 Super 12 match towards Namibia again in October.

    Hardik Pandya of Gujarat Titans. Courtesy: PTI

    HIGHLIGHTSPandya hasn’t performed for India since November 2021Pandya is presently the main run-scorer for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2022Pandya mentioned he needs to take extra obligations for his workforce

    All-rounder Hardik Pandya mentioned that he isn’t a lot fussed a few comeback to the Indian workforce. Pandya had robust outings in 2021 and was sidelined following India’s early exit from the T20 World Cup 2021. The Baroda-born cricketer strained to carry out throughout departments and his health was additionally questioned.

    Pandya did not characteristic within the Indian workforce for the sequence towards New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. However, Pandya has made a stupendous comeback within the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) whereas captaining the Gujarat Titans (GT), one of many two new groups, together with the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

    Pandya was clear lower in saying that he prefers to take one sport at a time quite than cluttering his thoughts with possible happenings.

    “I don’t think it’s my (India) comeback anyway and secondly, I don’t focus on my comeback. I focus on the game which I play,” Pandya mentioned on the post-match media convention after the Titans defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by eight runs on Saturday.

    “At the moment, I am playing IPL and will focus on IPL, and then I will see where the future takes. It’s never in my hands now. I focus on the team which I’m playing in. We are doing well and I’m very happy,” he added.

    ‘Captaincy obviously helps’

    The 28-year-old Pandya final represented India within the Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup final yr towards the Gerhard Erasmus-led Namibia.

    Pandya reckoned that main a workforce and taking further obligations have helped him develop as a cricketer over the time interval.

    “Captaincy obviously helps. I’m always a cricketer who loves to take responsibility. I have a bit of understanding of the game having batted for so many years,” he mentioned.

    “You’re successful because you’ve an understanding of the game. Having played so many matches, I’m able to use my experience. So far, so good,” he added.

    Pandya has scored 295 runs for the Titans from six matches in IPL 2022 at a mean of 73.75 with three half-centuries to his title. He has additionally picked up 4 wickets at an honest financial system fee of seven.56.

  • T20 World Cup: Hardik Pandya unlikely to play as pure batsman; Thakur an choice

    Hardik Pandya is unlikely to play purely as a batsman on this T20 World Cup. The Indian Express understands that the workforce administration has taken the decision after the loss to Pakistan within the opening sport.
    Pandya, who began bowling on the nets on Wednesday, might be monitored throughout apply periods within the lead-up to India’s subsequent sport towards New Zealand on Sunday. If the workforce administration is satisfied about his bowling health, solely then will he be included within the workforce.
    At the identical time, Shardul Thakur, too, might be watched intently on the nets, as he’s tipped to be Pandya’s alternative if the latter fails to make the lower.
    After a protracted hole, Pandya, finally bowled on the nets throughout India’s coaching session yesterday. Bowling in high-intensity matches, nonetheless, is a distinct ball sport and the workforce administration must be satisfied about his match readiness.
    Yesterday’s web session was primarily about specializing in the allrounder’s power and conditioning, with a watch to regularly develop his peak bowling health.
    The 28-year-old has bowled simply 19 overs in seven T20Is this yr, and 23 overs in six One-Day Internationals. He didn’t bowl in any respect on this yr’s Indian Premier League season. And but, whereas selecting the squad for the ICC occasion, nationwide selector Chetan Sharma had backed him to bowl his overs on the T20 World Cup.
    “Hardik is fit and will bowl the full quota of his overs,” Sharma had mentioned on the squad announcement.
    But because the event approached, unsure about Pandya, the choice committee began to stress over the inclusion of an extra quick bowler and accordingly Thakur was drafted into the squad on the expense of Axar Patel, whose World Cup hopes crashed abruptly.
    Bereft of a sixth bowling choice, Virat Kohli put up a courageous entrance forward of India’s event opener, saying that No. 6 being a specialist’s place, the workforce had completely no drawback to play Pandya solely as a batsman, gaining from his death-overs hitting expertise. The India captain rubbished the suggestion that Pandya could be ignored if he didn’t bowl.

    “These things (uncertainty over Pandya’s selection) from a talking or discussion point of view, feel very interesting that if he doesn’t bowl, will he be left out. But we understand the value he brings to the team as a No. 6 batter and in world cricket, if you look around, there are specialists who do that job,” Kohli had mentioned.
    Following a 10-wicket hammering towards Pakistan, the place on a dew-soaked Dubai pitch, India badly missed a sixth bowler, the workforce administration, it’s learnt, is looking for a Plan B. And Thakur might match into that plan.
    Thakur is a really respectable lower-order batsman, adequate to vary the course of a match in Test cricket, as he did towards Australia on the Gabba earlier this yr and extra lately towards England on the Oval. Of course, Pandya boasts a strike-rate north of 145 in T20Is and he’s a match-winner solely together with his batting on his day. But his current batting kind has not been as much as normal, as a tally of 127 runs in 12 matches on the IPL would attest.
    At the second although, after a impolite awakening, the Indian think-tank appears to be extra involved in regards to the workforce’s bowling imbalance and Thakur, who had 21 scalps from 16 video games throughout Chennai Super Kings’ title-winning marketing campaign this yr, might present an answer.
    A persistent again drawback, which first surfaced throughout an Asia Cup sport towards Pakistan in Dubai three years in the past that pressured Pandya to be stretchered off, has chequered the participant’s profession. For now nonetheless, the main focus shifts on India’s back-up plan, with Thakur getting additional minutes with the bat throughout the coaching session, and likewise entering into the nets early, in contrast to a tail-ender. For India, Sunday’s sport is a digital quarterfinal.

  • Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah could also be used sparingly forward of T20 World Cup

    Hardik Pandya’s choice for the primary two Test towards England may need come as a shock, particularly with the Baroda all-rounder not but able to bowl within the longer format. But it has been learnt that BCCI needs to have Pandya and quick bowler Jasprit Bumrah in peak situation, going into the T20 World Cup later this yr.
    The staff administration needs to watch Pandya’s health and progress in the direction of being a key element of the bowling assault, and that’s why he has been included within the squad for the house Test collection. He could not get into the taking part in eleven within the collection beginning on Friday, however the Board and the assume tank are eager on him for the return collection in England scheduled after the Indian Premier League (IPL).
    However, the larger image is concerning the T20 World Cup to be hosted by India in October-November. Pandya and Bumrah are one-of-a-kind gamers who don’t have ready-made replacements. Pandya is a powerful middle-order batsman and if match to bowl, is usually a helpful seam-bowling possibility as nicely. As for Bumrah, he’s the chief of the Indian fast-bowling assault, and his distinctive motion, tempo, accuracy, and variations make him arguably one of the best throughout codecs in modern cricket.
    For this cause, it has been determined to not overuse the 2 key property in such a busy yr. The staff administration and choice committee have come to a consensus to not play the 2 in each match, even when they’re match. Bumrah could even be rested in the course of the four-Test residence collection towards England if issues go India’s manner within the first few matches.
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    “His (Pandya’s) inclusion for the Test series is because the team management wanted to monitor his progress closely. They want him to be ready for the away England Test series as he will be handier in those conditions. There is no red-ball cricket in the domestic calendar this season, so this way, his bowling can also be monitored. With the T20 World Cup to be played down the year, we don’t want Pandya’s return to be a hasty one. A similar thought process has gone about Bumrah, and the team will use both of them wisely,” a BCCI official mentioned.
    Pandya performed three ODIs and three T20Is on the latest tour of Australia the place he confirmed what he might do as a batsman. He scored 90 and an unbeaten 92 within the one-dayers and performed an important function in India’s T20I collection victory. Bumrah has been an actual asset with the ball in all codecs and India doesn’t need to drain him out earlier than the large ICC occasion.
    Pandya had a again surgical procedure in 2019 and has principally performed within the Indian staff as a specialist batsman since. He didn’t bowl for Mumbai Indians within the 2020 IPL both. He bowled solely 4 overs within the second ODI towards Australia in Sydney. Pandya had remodelled his motion and is working carefully with former India pacer Zaheer Khan at Mumbai Indians.
    For the Indian Test staff, the center order has choices like Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, and Mayank Agarwal whereas the choice committee has picked all-rounders Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, and R Ashwin for the primary two England Tests. As far because the tempo assault is worried, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav are but to regain full health.