It’s surprising how someone can be fit to practice but not play domestic cricket – Irfan Pathan
Ishan Kishan has not been available for selection for quite some time. Irfan Pathan & Ishan Kishan (Photo Source: Getty Images) Former Team India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has shared his opinion regarding Ishan Kishan’s absence from international cricket after the break during the recent two-match Test series in South Africa. Actually, Irfan Pathan has made a post on social media which is going quite viral. Pathan has targeted the player who is out of the team due to not being fit but is seen practicing on the field. Seeing what Irfan has posted, fans are guessing that the former cricketer has taken a dig at Ishan Kishan through his tweet. Let us tell you that the wicketkeeper-batsman had withdrawn his name from the two test matches against South Africa. Irfan Pathan made a surprising tweet about Ishan Kishan After that he has not yet made himself available for the England series. Meanwhile, coach of Team India Rahul Dravid Has emphasized that the team management wants Kishan to play some form of cricket before returning to the national team. Recently, Ishaan was seen practicing with Hardik Pandya. At the same time, now Irfan Pathan has expressed his opinion by posting on the social media platform X (earlier Twitter). Irfan believes that if a player is not fit then how can he go to practice. Irfan wrote in his post, “It is surprising how someone can be fit to practice but cannot play domestic cricket.. What does this mean?” In fact, after winning the second Test match against England, when coach Rahul Dravid was asked about Ishaan, the coach had said that he had asked for rest during the South African tour. At the same time, Rahul Dravid had also said about Ishaan’s return that if he would have to play some domestic cricket before returning to the team. Only then will he be selected in the team. However, even after this message from the team management and Rahul Dravid, Ishaan was not seen playing in Ranji Trophy. Some reports have also claimed that nothing is right between the team management and Ishan Kishan as of now.
IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya is working hard to get fit before IPL, shared his workout routine with fans.
Hardik will be seen captaining Mumbai Indians in the upcoming season of IPL. Hardik Pandya (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian cricket team’s all-rounder Hardik Pandya has not been able to return to Team India till now after getting injured in the match against Bangladesh in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. He is completing the rehab process after an ankle injury and as the process progressed, he was unable to return for the T20 series against Afghanistan. However, now Hardik Pandya is eyeing IPL 2024, where he will be seen captaining the five-time champion Mumbai Indians in the upcoming season. On the other hand, before the start of the 17th season of IPL, Hardik has shared his workout routine with cricket fans, which includes information about what workouts he is doing to stay fit etc. Let us tell you that Hardik has posted a video regarding this on his official X account in which he is seen working out. So while sharing this video, Hardik wrote in the caption – In the zone, always in the zone Watch this video shared by Hardik Pandya In the zone, always in the zone 💥 pic.twitter.com/GdGltFtHj8 — hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) January 31, 2024 So if we give you information about Hardik Pandya, he will be seen commanding Mumbai Indians in the 17th season of IPL. Also, when five-time champion Mumbai Indians appointed Hardik Pandya, who was traded to Gujarat Titans, as their new captain instead of Rohit Sharma, this decision of the franchise was heavily criticized by the cricket fans. Apart from this, many senior players of the team like yorker king Jasprit Bumrah and supla shot specialist Suryakumar were seen internally angry with this decision of the team. However, it remains to be seen how Mumbai Paltan is going to perform under the captaincy of Hardik Pandya in the upcoming season of IPL.