NEW DELHI: Just a few days again, swashbuckling India all-rounder Hardik Pandya posted a video of himself on Instagram, training with a pink ball.
Harm-prone Hardik, who hasn’t performed Take a look at cricket since September 2018 and had a again surgical procedure in 2019, induced various curiosity with the video because it led to rumours and speculations relating to his comeback within the conventional format.
However on Saturday, former India keeper-batter Parthiv Patel cleared the air on rumours surrounding Hardik’s Take a look at comeback.
Parthiv stated he would not see the 30-year-old enjoying Checks for India as his physique could not take the toll.
“I am not taking a look at Hardik Pandya (in Checks). He was practising with the pink ball solely as a result of the white ball wasn’t obtainable. I do not suppose his physique permits four-day and five-day matches. He has to play not less than one first-class sport (earlier than being thought of for choice in Checks), which may be very unlikely,” Parthiv stated on Jio cinema present on Day 2 of the second India vs Bangladesh Take a look at in Kanpur.
Final 12 months, Hardik was requested to play the World Take a look at Championship last in opposition to Australia however the all-rounder turned the supply down saying he didn’t need a spot as a daily Take a look at participant.
Hardik final performed a first-class sport in December 2018 and in addition skipped this 12 months’s Duleep Trophy because of workload administration.
