Hardik Pandya was a member of the Indian team for the ODI World Cup 2023. He suffered an ankle injury during the league stage encounter versus Bangladesh on October 19. He played four matches in the tournament, taking five wickets having the best bowling stats of 2/34 and hitting 11* versus Australia during his lone innings.
This injury prevented him from participating in the tournament. Since then, Pandya has been away from international cricket. Due to a twisted ankle renowned Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya is expected to miss the Twenty20 International series against Afghanistan but should be back prior to the Indian Premier League (IPL), a source informed ANI.
Since then, Pandya has not participated in any international cricket matches. He was also unable to attend the three T20I and ODI series while on tour in South Africa, in addition to the five T20I matches against Australia.
In T20I matches, India was captained by Suryakumar Yadav, while in ODIs, KL Rahul took charge in Pandya’s absence. Following the World Cup final versus Australia, regular captain Rohit Sharma asked to take a break from white-ball cricket.
Prior to the T20 World Cup 2024, which is scheduled to be held in June in the West Indies and the United States. India’s last international assignment will be a three-match Twenty20 International series against Afghanistan, which runs from January 11–17.
Hardik Pandya rejoins Mumbai Indians after historic trade
Following a trade between the two teams, Pandya left the Gujarat Titans (GT). He is now joining his former franchise, Mumbai Indians (MI). This trade took place between the two teams in November of this year.
The Baroda-born led GT’s campaign with skill throughout his two unforgettable years there. Hardik made sure that Gujarat Titans had a dream start in 2022, as the team won the prized title. However, in their second season, they came in second after losing in a dramatic last-ball final earlier in the year.
Fans react as Hardik Pandya gets ruled out of T20I series against Afghanistan: –
Hardik Pandya ruled out of the Afghanistan T20I series.
– He will be fit for IPL 2024….!!!! pic.twitter.com/iTzN7U74nV
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 27, 2023
Man with 0 Lovers. pic.twitter.com/1kWqsUG5kh
— Haroon (@itx_haroon_453) December 27, 2023
IPL fit
Country unfit pic.twitter.com/jBANMj5lIa— AP (@AksP009) December 27, 2023
Time to make lord Rinku Singh as a captain of India in t20 ??
— Kirkett (@bhaskar_sanu08) December 27, 2023
Surya also out then captain Ruturaj?
— Johns (@JohnyBravo183) December 27, 2023
Only ipl fans will be happy with this news. Don't know what kind of injury he's dealing with.
— VikRant7 (@Vik_Rant07) December 27, 2023
Next news- hardik pandya is out from ipl 2024 and T20 world cup
— Kirkett (@bhaskar_sanu08) December 27, 2023
Main priority is IPL at the moment… ?
— Cricket_Uncut… (@unknown_khabari) December 27, 2023
All the players become fit for IPL because of the huge amount of money they get.
— Sanjay kumar (@Sanjay_4M) December 27, 2023
