India all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s return date has been purportedly uncovered. He had before missed India’s Reality Cup 2023 matches against New Zealand in Dharamsala and against Britain in Lucknow on Sunday in the wake of having brought about a lower leg injury in Pune during the association stage match against Bangladesh.
Assuming that reports are accepted to be valid, Hardik Pandya is scheduled to miss the whole of the association stage and just return in the knockout stage. However, the news doesn’t come as a major catastrophe for India.
Hardik Pandya Missed Last Matches
A BCCI release post the match against Bangladesh had uncovered that Hardik would miss the following game for India yet will rejoin the crew in Lucknow. Be that as it may, he neglected to recuperate in time as the all-rounder keeps on restoring at the Public Cricket Foundation (NCA) in Bengaluru. As indicated by Cricketnext, Hardik has shown huge improvement and has proactively started with net meetings under the full concentration eyes of the clinical group at the NCA.
Why India Have Little Worry Over Hardik’s Return
The biggest fear after Hardik Pandya’s nonattendance was the absence of equilibrium in the XI, in this way starting a discussion over the line-facing New Zealand and Britain on whether India ought to play an additional hitter on a bowler.
The group in the long run rolled out two improvements – in a bid to make up for Hardik’s abilities to bat at No. 6, Suryakumar Yadav was picked, while Shardul Thakur was refreshed to clear a path for Mohammed Shami in a bid to have a capable third seamer. While it actually left India with just five bowling choices, the fierce blend of Japsrit Bumrah with Shami saw the host group extensively beat the two 2019 finalists.
India Left With 3 More League Matches
India is now left with just three more league games – versus Sri Lanka in Mumbai, versus South Africa in Kolkata, versus Netherlands in Bengaluru. Shami, who was rested throughout the opening four games, emerged as the standout bowler for India with nine wickets in the two matches which included a record five-wicket haul.