“If I had been there in the last World Cup…”, Hardik Pandya made a big statement after becoming the Player of the Match, pointed out the shortcomings of Team India despite 5 wins
In the second match of Team India's T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight played against Bangladesh on Saturday, experienced Hardik Pandya gave a brilliant performance. After the bats of strong batsmen like Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma remained silent, he played a brilliant innings and took India's innings to a strong position. After such a performance, Hardik Pandya was awarded the title of 'Player of the Match', after achieving which he (Hardik Pandya) pointed out the shortcomings of the team.
Hardik Pandya pointed out the shortcomings of Team India
- Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who became the Player of the Match against Bangladesh on June 22, pointed out the shortcomings of Team India.
- He said that if the team has to become strong then it will have to stop the falling of wickets.
Hardik Pandya claimed,
- We have done well. We are together and following our plan. I felt that the batsmen wanted to use the crease and I bowled accordingly.
- I didn't give them a chance to score runs.
I was trying to stay one step ahead of the batsmen. We have done really well so far but we are losing wickets in bunches.
- This is one aspect we need to work on. However, apart from that, we are in great form. I am lucky that I have got the opportunity to play for my country.
Hardik Pandya remembered the World Cup 2023
- Hardik Pandya during the ODI World Cup 2023 played in India last year (Hardik Pandya) He got injured, due to which he had to be out of the tournament.
Talking about this injury, he said,
- (On the injury suffered in the World Cup 2023) It was a serious injury. I wanted to make a comeback but God had some different plans.
- One day I was talking to Rahul Dravid sir. Then he told me that luck favors only those who work hard.
He got injured during the match against Bangladesh
- It is known that Hardik Pandya will be playing in the ODI World Cup 2023 match played between India and Bangladesh in Pune on 19 October 2023.
(Hardik Pandya) He got injured while fielding.
- While trying to stop the ball with his foot, he injured his left ankle. Due to twisting of his foot, his ligament got torn and he had to withdraw from the tournament.
(Hardik Pandya) He got injured while fielding.
While trying to stop the ball with his foot, he injured his left ankle. Due to twisting of his foot, his ligament got torn and he had to withdraw from the tournament.