Hardik Pandya decided to return to Test cricket for the sake of his country, selected for Australia tour after Bangladesh-New Zealand

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|02-07-2024

Hardik Pandya: Recently, India won the title of T20 World Cup 2024 being played in America and West Indies. Many players contributed to this. However, one player who was the hero of the final match was all-rounder Hardik Pandya.

This 30-year-old player proved through his performance why he is currently considered the best all-rounder in white ball cricket. However, now Hardik is not going to be limited to only T20 and ODI. In fact, he has also decided to represent Team India again in Test cricket. Let's know the whole thing in detail.

Hardik Pandya will return to Test cricket

Hardik Pandya

India is yet to win an ICC championship in cricket history. Actually we are talking about the World Test Championship (WTC). It started in 2021. Team India has managed to reach its final twice.

However, both times they faced disappointment.

After winning the T20 World Cup 2024 title, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah said that our next goal will be to win the World Test Championship in 2025. To fulfill this dream of his and all the Indians, Hardik Pandya can return from retirement. Along with this, the BCCI Secretary also said that this team will be a part of the WTC final next year.

He played his last red ball match on this day

Hardik Pandya has not played any Test International for a long time. He made his debut in this format in 2017. The next year, this all-rounder was seen playing his last Test for Team India.

During this, he scored 532 runs in 11 matches, which included a century and 11 half-centuries. Apart from this, Hardik also has 17 wickets to his name.

Made India champion in T20 World Cup

Team India won the trophy of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 played in America and West Indies. They defeated South Africa in the final. Let us tell you that Hardik Pandya's performance was amazing in this entire tournament. He played a total of 8 matches. He scored 144 runs in 6 innings. Along with this, Hardik also took 11 wickets in bowling.

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