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Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri has advised Hardik Pandya to improve his fitness. He has asked Pandya to focus especially on bowling fitness. 30-year-old Hardik has had to struggle with injuries many times in his 8-year career. Last year, Hardik had to be out of the ODI World Cup midway due to an ankle injury. At the same time, Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar also cited Hardik’s fitness as the reason behind removing him from the T20 captaincy.
In a conversation with ICC, Ravi Shastri has advised Hardik Pandya that he should play as many T20s as possible to make a comeback in the ODI team. Shastri said, “In my opinion, it is very important that he continues to play. I believe that match fitness is important. So he should play as much T20 cricket as possible. And if he is fit and feeling better, then he should also come in the ODI team.”
Meanwhile, Shastri also stressed on Pandya bowling his full quota of overs in ODI cricket. He said, “If you have a player who is bowling only 3-4 overs instead of 10 overs in ODIs, it disturbs the balance of the team. If you bowl 7-8 overs in most of the matches and the way Pandya bats, it becomes a bonus for the team.”
Hardik was sidelined from Test cricket in 2018 due to a back injury. He recovered without surgery and was included in the 2019 ODI World Cup squad, but the injury resurfaced later that year and he had to undergo surgery that year. He later returned to the field in 2021, but was included in the T20 World Cup squad only as a batsman, which cost the Indian team dearly.
More recently, Hardik suffered an ankle injury during India’s fourth game in the ODI World Cup last year, which kept him away from cricket for a long time. He then returned as captain in IPL 2024 but his performance this season was very poor. He made a brilliant comeback in the T20 World Cup last month with a brilliant all-round performance, including the final match, where he dismissed the dangerous Heinrich Klaasen and then David Miller in the death overs to guide the team to victory.
‘Why do people laugh after being hit by the ball’, Ravi Shastri’s funny comment when Pant was hit by the ball went viral
Rishabh Pant batted brilliantly for Team India and scored 37 runs. Rishabh Pant (Pic Source-X) The first test match between Team India and Australia has started in Perth. On the first day of the first Test, Indian team’s best wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant was hit by a very fast ball near his knee, due to which all the Indian players were sitting in the dressing room laughing. At that time, former India head coach Ravi Shastri and former Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram were commentating in the commentary panel. During the commentary, Wasim Akram asked Ravi Shastri why whenever the batsman gets injured at that place, the rest of the team players are seen laughing. On this, Ravi Shastri gave a funny statement which is going viral on social media. Here’s the video: Commentary box giving us@RaviShastriOfc and @wasimakramlive dive into a “crucial” discussion in the commentary box! watch #AUSvINDonStar 👉 LIVE NOW on Star Sports 1! #ToughestRivalry pic.twitter.com/OoimVxfvL6 — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) November 22, 2024 By the end of the first day’s play, Australia had lost 7 wickets for 67 runs. Let us tell you that Team India failed to bat well in the first innings and was all out for 150 runs. Rishabh Pant batted brilliantly for Team India and scored 37 runs. Apart from Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 41 runs while KL Rahul was out after scoring 26 runs. Australia’s bowlers bowled very well and put pressure on India’s batsmen. In reply, by the end of the first day’s play, Australia had lost 7 wickets for 67 runs. Till now no batsman from Australia has been able to put pressure on the bowlers of Team India. By the end of the first day’s play, wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey is batting on 19* runs while Mitchell Starc has scored 6* runs. For Team India, captain Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets while Mohammad Siraj took two wickets. 1 Cricket Harshit Rana has achieved. Australia is still behind by 83 runs in the first innings. The second day of the game will be very important for both the teams. While on one hand Team India would like to get Australia out as soon as possible, on the other hand the hosts will look to score as many runs as possible on the second day of the game. How many times has India won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, know here- Which batsman has played the highest innings in BGT? These 8 star players will not play in IPL 2025 Indian players who have scored 50+ scores most times in Australia Batsmen who hit most sixes in T20Is in 2024- IPL 2025: PBKS will target these 5 players with a purse of Rs 110.5 crore How has been Virat Kohli’s performance in BGT, know here- List of batsmen who scored the fastest T20I century for India- IPL 2025: RR can target these players in the mega auction Indian batsmen who got out for duck most number of times in T20Is-
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