All-rounder Hardik Pandya has avoided bowling after his back injury recovery.
India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been playing as a batsman in the team after recovering from a back injury. He took extra care of his back and avoided bowling for Mumbai Indians in IPL and also for India, except for the second ODI against Australia in Australia.
But now Hardik has started practicing his bowling ahead of the T20I series against England. He shared a video of his preparation on Twitter before the series.
Posting the clip, Hardik wrote, "Preparation done. Can't wait to get on the field on the 12th."
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When Hardik bowled last time for India, he picked up 1/24 in four overs. India captain Virat Kohli was forced to bowl him after a drought of wickets in that match. But he never used him again after that match; not taking any risk with one of the assets of Indian cricket.
India is playing their first T20I against England on March 12 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The squad, which features three new faces Ishan Kishan, Rahul Tewatia, and Suryakumar Yadav, has started their preparation after the Test series.
India's T20I squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakravarthy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur.
(With ANI Inputs)