Star Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya is probably going be lacking the T20I collection in opposition to Afghanistan, however might be match earlier than the Indian Premier League (IPL) from his ankle harm, a supply instructed ANI. Pandya was a part of India’s ICC Cricket World Cup squad. He performed 4 matches, selecting 5 wickets with one of the best bowling figures of two/34 and scoring 11* in opposition to Australia in his solely innings earlier than an ankle harm sustained throughout a league stage sport in opposition to Bangladesh on October 19 dominated him out of the event.
Pandya has not performed any worldwide cricket since then, having missed the five-match T20I collection in opposition to Australia and the three-match T20I and ODI collection through the tour to South Africa as nicely. Suryakumar Yadav led India in all of the T20I matches whereas KL Rahul led the group in ODIs within the absence of Pandya and common skipper Rohit Sharma, who requested a while off from white-ball cricket after the World Cup remaining in opposition to Australia.
The three-match T20I collection in opposition to Afghanistan might be India’s remaining worldwide task, happening from January 11-17, earlier than the ICC T20 World Cup, which is able to happen in June at West Indies/USA.
In November this yr, Pandya moved from Gujarat Titans (GT) to his former franchise Mumbai Indians (MI) after a commerce between each franchises. The all-rounder spent two momentous years with GT, spearheading their marketing campaign with aplomb. In GT’s debut season in 2022, Hardik ensured a fairytale begin, with the group lifting the coveted trophy, whereas they completed runners-up of their second season after a last-ball defeat in an exhilarating remaining earlier this yr.
Pandya has huge sneakers to fill as the brand new skipper of MI, as Rohit has led the franchise to 5 IPL title wins. He was introduced as the brand new skipper of MI days after his commerce to the franchise which put him on the map.
In 31 matches for GT from 2022-23, Pandya scored 833 runs at a mean of 37.86 and a strike price of over 133, with six half-centuries and a finest rating of 87*. He additionally had 11 wickets for the group, with one of the best figures of three/17.
Pandya additionally performed 92 matches for MI from 2015-2021, scoring 1,476 runs at a mean of 27.33 at a strike price of over 153, with 4 half-centuries and finest rating of 91. He additionally took 42 wickets for the group, with one of the best bowling figures of three/20. Pandya has received 5 IPL trophies, 4 with MI (2015, 2017, 2019, 2020) and GT (2022).
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