- Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s performance on the South Africa tour has not been good. This player, who made a splash in the Bangladesh T20 series, had to struggle a lot with the ball and bat against the Proteas team.
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Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s performance on the South Africa tour has not been good. This player, who rocked the Bangladesh T20 series, has had to struggle a lot with the ball and bat against the Proteas team. Due to this, questions have also started being raised on Hardik Pandya’s place in the team. At the same time, now speculations are being made that he (Hardik Pandya) may announce his retirement from international cricket. Let us know through this article what is the whole matter…
Hardik Pandya may announce his retirement
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The cricket career of 31-year-old all-rounder Hardik Pandya has not been easy at all. He has faced trolling due to injury and out of form. Now once again he has become the target of trollers. Actually, Hardik Pandya has failed to do well on the South Africa tour. He flopped badly with both bat and ball and became a burden for the team. Due to this, speculations are now being made that he may announce retirement from international cricket.
Distance made from test
Actually, fitness has always been a major concern for Pandya. Due to injury, he has had to stay away from the team for a long time many times. To keep himself fit for ODIs and T20s, he has distanced himself from Test cricket. He has not appeared in this format since September 2018. Hardik Pandya has also ignored the advice given by cricket pundits to return to Test cricket. Apart from this, he has also not shown interest in playing in first-class cricket tournaments like Ranji Trophy, Irani Cup and Duleep Trophy. Due to this, there is speculation that he may announce retirement from Test cricket.
Such has been the performance
Pandya’s Test career has not been anything special. He played his debut match against Sri Lanka in Galle in July 2017. After this, he has been able to play only 11 Test matches. During this, while batting in 18 innings, he scored 532 runs, which includes one century and four half-centuries. Talking about bowling, he got only 17 successes. Along with this, Pandya has scored 1769 runs in 86 ODI matches as well as taken 84 wickets. He has 1700 runs and 88 wickets in his name in 108 T20 matches.