Hardik Pandya all set to miss IPL 2022 ?
Hardik Pandya has been prolific cricketer. He has rare skills of being top notch batsman and can bowl consistent too. Hardik first broke into the scene with Mumbai Indians in 2015 season. Mumbai Indians found him and developed him into cricketer he is today. He first got an entry into the Indian team for the T20 World Cup in Australia. He was looked as no.6 Batsman. Pandya was seen as that all-rounder Indian team were looking for years.
He became a prominent figure in the team due his skills as an all-rounder. He played a major part in the Indian team. He played a crucial role as an all-rounder and also a finisher in the team. His career was going all good but then that horrific injury during the Asia cup in 2018 where he had stretched off the field. Later we found that he had severe back injury which ruled him out for months. But unfortunately since he has returned from that injury he hasn’t been the same cricketer that he was. His bowling completely diminished and he was reduced to just no.6 batsman. He played into the team but was unable to bowl which started to hamper the team balance. Questions were raised regarding his place in the team.
Nevertheless the Indian team persisted with him and continued to back him. Even for his IPL franchise he wasn’t bowling which raised more eyebrows. The Mumbai camp repeatedly said they were preserving Hardik for the future and giving him full time to recover. For almost 2 seasons Pandya didn’t bowl for Mumbai and India and to his bad luck his batting form dipped and a major outbreak happened regarding his place.
After the recently concluded T20 World Cup where India's performance was not up to the mark again questions were raised regarding Hardik. Since then Hardik informed the BCCI he needed a break to work on his fitness so he wasn’t included in the scheme of things for the New Zealand and South Africa Tour. Now when Indians are struggling to find a proper Hardik replacement even after trying many players in that slot, everyone are wondering where Hardik Pandya is.
Recently it was announced he will be captaining the new Ahmedabad IPL franchise . So everyone thought we could see Hardik back in Indian colours from the West Indies tour. But to the fans disappointment Hardik Pandya yesterday issued an update saying he will now directly take part in IPL 2022 and he is still working to get full fitness.
Now after missing both the WI and SL series Pandya was all set to play in IPL 2022 but to his surprise BCCI called up all the Indian contracted players to NCA in Bangalore for pre IPL camp. It was made clear by the BCCI all the called players will only be allowed to play in IPL 2022 if they clear fitness at NCA. Firstly Hardik Pandya did not report to the camp saying he will practise with his new Gujarat team itself. But then BCCI gave Pandya an Ultimatum to join the camp to prove his fitness. Now Pandya is in NCA camp and according to reports he hasn't cleared the fitness test yet casting doubts on his participation in the upcoming Indian Premier League season.
Let us know what you think will Hardik pass the fitness test and will he play in ipl 2022? Don't forget to follow us on indian premier league 2022 live score for all latest updates related to IPL2022.
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