The Indian team has reached New York for the T20 World Cup. In this mega event, Team India has to play its first match against Ireland on June 5 and before that the Indian team will play a practice match against Bangladesh on June 1. Before this practice match, the players of Team India are sweating it out in the net session. It is being told that in the practice session before this warm-up match, Hardik Pandya practiced bowling for about an hour.

The Indian team practiced at the new Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. The weather in New York was quite good during the team’s training season. However, star batsman Virat Kohli was not included in it as he has not joined the team yet. Kohli left for New York on Thursday night and he is going to join the team soon. However, doubts remain over Kohli’s playing in the practice match against Bangladesh.

Hardik Pandya batted for almost an hour in the nets

During this training session, everyone’s eyes were on Hardik Pandya. Indian team’s vice-captain Hardik, who has been going through a bad phase for some time, sweated a lot during the practice session. During this time, Hardik practiced hard with both bat and ball. Hardik joined the team earlier this week and bowled for about an hour in the nets.

hardik pandya He was not bowling consistently for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024, so he bowled more time in the nets to prove his fitness. After bowling, Hardik also batted for a long time in the nets. Hardik finally came out to bat and also discussed with batting coach Vikram Rathore.

Hardik was a big flop with both bat and ball in IPL 2024. He scored 216 runs in 14 matches and took 11 wickets at an economy rate of around 11. Under Hardik’s captaincy, five-time champion Mumbai Indians’ performance was very poor and the team could win only four out of 14 matches and ended their campaign at the bottom of the points table.