Hardik Pandya: The contribution of Team India's star all-rounder Hardik Pandya to Indian cricket is not hidden from anyone. Recently, Team India became the champion of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 played in America and West Indies, in which Hardik Pandya played an important role.
Currently, this 30-year-old player is one of the best all-rounders in the world in T20 and ODI. However, despite making his international debut in 2017, Hardik Pandya has been able to play only 11 Tests in his career. He has decided that he will completely say goodbye to the longest format of cricket. Let's know the whole thing in detail.
Hardik Pandya will say goodbye to test cricket
Hardik Pandya made his debut in red ball cricket in 2017. He made his debut against Sri Lanka. However, he played his last Test match only a year later. This player from Baroda played 11 Tests for India. In this, he scored 532 runs with the help of one century and 4 half-centuries.
If we talk about bowling, Hardik has a total of 11 wickets to his name. However, now he does not want to play Test cricket anymore. In fact, regarding Hardik Pandya's fitness, NCA experts have told BCCI that he is not capable of playing the long format. His body cannot bear much workload and gets injured quickly.
Will shine in the series against Sri Lanka
Team India will play T20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka from July 27. There is going to be a series of three T20 and three ODI matches between the two teams. Everyone's eyes will be on Hardik Pandya on this tour. Let us tell you that BCCI has included him in the squad for the T20 series. At the same time, the star all-rounder has taken leave from the ODI series citing personal reasons.
After Rohit Sharma retired from T20, Hardik was being considered the next captain. However, the team management handed over this responsibility to Suryakumar Yadav. Some fans on social media strongly criticized this decision. It is worth noting that for some time now, Hardik has been captaining Team India in the limited overs format in Rohit's absence.
