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Star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya on Thursday published a video of himself bowling with the red-ball throughout a training session in England, activating speculation over his go back to Test cricket.
Pandya bowling with the red cherry stimulated a great deal of interest on social networks after the 30-year-old published a series of stories on Instagram.
The injury-prone all-rounder hasn’t played Test cricket because September 2018 and went through a lower back surgical treatment in 2019.
Hardik Pandya in the session pic.twitter.com/JW5vkVLUZq Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) September 12, 2024
He was asked for to play the 2023 World Test Championship last versus Australia however he denied the deal specifying that he didn’t wish to fill in a routine red-ball gamer. He last played a top-notch video game in December 2018.
Pandya stays India’s finest speed bowling all-rounder by a range with the similarity Shivam Dube and Nitish Reddy method behind the vibrant cricketer from Baroda.
The videos published on social networks recommend that the all-rounder is attempting to increase his work before the Bangladesh T20 series in October however he is yet to intimate the group management about his prepare for red-ball cricket.
Pandya has actually played 2 competitive video games, the T20s versus Sri Lanka, considering that the World Cup last in June. (‘Bring Him Back,’ Fans Go Crazy After Ishan Kishan Makes Comeback With A Century)
“It’s heartening to understand that Hardik is bowling with red ball however has he truly talked to guys who matter (primary selector Ajit Agarkar, head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Rohit Sharma) about his objectives?,” a senior BCCI source asked.
It is comprehended that if he does not play any domestic red-ball cricket, he can’t be straight chosen for Test cricket despite the fact that he might generate the needed balance in Australia as the 4th pacer and No. 7 batter.