DTVHINDI“Trying to convince Hardik Pandya to play Test cricket”- Gavaskar tells India the way to win the WTC trophy
Hardik Pandya has not played any Test match for India since 2018. Ravindra Jadeja and Sunil Gavaskar (Image Credit- Twitter X) Team India has played both the finals of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) so far and has been runner-up in both. The WTC started in 2019 and the first title match was played in 2021, where New Zealand defeated India to win the trophy. After this, the final match of the 2021-2023 World Test Championship was played between India and Australia in 2023. There too, India had to be content with being the runner-up. WTC 2023-25 is going on and looking at the current situation, once again Team India’s reaching the final match seems almost certain. Meanwhile, former Team India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has told the way by which Team India can win the Test series in Australia later this year as well as the WTC title next year. Sunil Gavaskar gave a big statement about Hardik Pandya During an interview with Rev Sports, Sunil Gavaskar was asked, ‘The player who taught Indian cricket fans the meaning of Test cricket, do you think Team India will win in Australia and also win the WTC title?’ To this, Gavaskar said, ‘Yes, of course he can do that. I think efforts should be made to persuade Hardik Pandya to play Test cricket for the next two months. If he bowls 10 overs in a day and bats in his style, it will be impossible to defeat the Indian team and in such a situation, Team India can win in Australia and then win the WTC title as well. Hardik Pandya has played a total of 11 Test matches in his career so far and has scored 532 runs in 18 innings, while taking a total of 17 wickets in 19 innings. Hardik Pandya also has a century in his name in Test cricket. Hardik made his Test debut in 2017, but he has not played any Test match since August 2018.
“It will definitely be difficult to convince MSD to come to West Indies, it will be easy to convince DK”- Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma said that I think it will definitely be difficult to convince MSD to come to West Indies. Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: Twitter) T-20 World Cup will be played immediately after IPL 2024, for which teams have already started preparations. The biggest problem for India before this big tournament is, who will be the wicketkeeper batsman of Team India for this ICC event. Now Team India captain Rohit Sharma has given his opinion on this matter. They said That convincing MS Dhoni to return will be a tough task. Rohit Sharma also talked about how Dinesh Karthik could be an easy choice to make the Indian squad for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024 in June. Club Prairie Fire podcast During the conversation, the Hitman praised Dhoni and Karthik considering their stellar performances in the ongoing IPL 2024 season. Rohit Sharma gave a big statement regarding Dinesh Karthik and MS Dhoni Rohit Sharma said, “I was very impressed, especially with Dinesh. The way he batted a few nights ago. Dhoni Also came to play 4 balls and made a tremendous impact with those 20 runs. That was the difference in the game in the end. I think it will definitely be difficult to convince MSD to come to West Indies. He is sick and tired. Although he is definitely coming to America for some other work. He is interested in golf, so I think he will play golf. I think it will be easy to convince DK.” Rohit Sharma (on Club Prairie Fire): “It’ll be hard to convince MS Dhoni for the World Cup, DK will be easier to convince”. pic.twitter.com/O5ozBqayYN — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 18, 2024 Dinesh Karthik Has consistently performed well for Royal Challengers Bangalore this season, he scored 53 runs against MI and played an excellent inning of 83 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad, almost single-handedly taking his team to the finish line in the match. During the match against RCB, Rohit had said something to Dinesh Karthik regarding the World Cup which was recorded in the stump mic. There he jokingly told Karthik, “He has to push for the World Cup, the World Cup is running in his mind.”
