NEW DELHI: A couple of days again, swashbuckling India all-rounder Hardik Pandya posted a video of himself on Instagram, training with a pink ball.
Damage-prone Hardik, who hasn’t performed Check cricket since September 2018 and had a again surgical procedure in 2019, brought about numerous curiosity with the video because it led to rumours and speculations concerning his comeback within the conventional format.
However on Saturday, former India keeper-batter Parthiv Patel cleared the air on rumours surrounding Hardik’s Check comeback.
Parthiv stated he does not see the 30-year-old taking part in Exams for India as his physique could not take the toll.
“I am not Hardik Pandya (in Exams). He was practising with the pink ball solely as a result of the white ball wasn’t obtainable. I do not assume his physique permits four-day and five-day matches. He has to play a minimum of one first-class sport (earlier than being thought-about for choice in Exams), which could be very unlikely,” Parthiv stated on Jio cinema present on Day 2 of the second India vs Bangladesh Check in Kanpur.
Final yr, Hardik was requested to play the World Check Championship last in opposition to Australia however the all-rounder turned the provide down saying he didn’t need a spot as a daily Check participant.
Hardik final performed a first-class sport in December 2018 and in addition skipped this yr’s Duleep Trophy as a consequence of workload administration.
