HARDIK PANDYA

Hardik Pandya was coming off a long layoff after the IPL 2021 was postponed in May 2021. He was even looked at as one of the captaincy options for the Sri Lanka tour before Shikhar Dhawan was handed the reins.

Being one of the senior players on this Sri Lanka white-ball tour, much was expected from the Baroda all-rounder. However, in the four matches he played, he made 19 runs in 3 ODI matches and 10 runs in the only T20I he played. He picked 2 wickets in ODIs and one wicket in the T20I match.

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Unfortunately, he was unable to provide those last over fireworks with the bat and struggled to get the bat on the ball. Only heartening thing was to see him bowl at full tilt, despite looking in some discomfort in one of the matches.

He is a vital cog in the Indian team and the management will hope he finds form with the bat and keeps himself fit during the IPL 2021 and be ready for the T20 World Cup 2021.