Hardik Pandya’s big decision in the midst of T20 World Cup 2024, refused to accept this thing of captain-coach

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|21-06-2024

Hardik Pandya: Team India is currently in West Indies and is playing T20 World Cup. India has played four matches so far and Team India has won all four matches. Meanwhile, Indian team's vice-captain Hardik Pandya has taken a big decision shocking everyone. He has also refused to listen to the captain and coach. The cricket world is surprised by his decision. What is the matter, let us tell you

Hardik Pandya is acting arbitrarily

  • It is known that Hardik Pandya is not playing in the biggest format of cricket.
  • He has been seen active in limited overs cricket for a long time.
  • Let us tell you that Hardik last played Test cricket for India in 2018 against South Africa.
  • Since then he has not appeared in the Indian team for this format. He has unofficially retired from Test cricket.

Made distance from Test cricket for a long time

  • However, there is no official confirmation as to why Hardik Pandya does not play Test cricket.
  • But there is a discussion that he is not fit for long format cricket. Because Test cricket lasts for a long time. In Test cricket, batsmen have to bat for a long time.
  • Apart from this, bowlers also have to bowl for a long time, due to which there is a greater risk of players getting injured.
  • Hardik has been suffering from injuries for a long time. This is the reason why he avoids playing the Test format. Not only for Team India, but this is the reason why he does not play in India's first class cricket as well.
  • Based on these things, speculations are being made that he may officially retire from Test cricket.
  • The special thing is that the captain and coach of Team India have also hinted at offering Hardik a comeback in Tests, but the all-rounder is not ready to accept it.

Hardik Pandya's test cricket is excellent

  • If we talk about Hardik Pandya's Test cricket career, his Test career has been brilliant.
  • He has played only 11 matches for India. In these matches, he scored a total of 532 runs. He also took 17 wickets.
  • Apart from this, he also scored 1 century. He also took five wickets once. He gave 28 runs.
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