- This star all-rounder of the Indian team once gave tough competition to Hardik Pandya with his strong performance, but now his hopes of making a comeback in the team are almost over. This dashing all-rounder is struggling with the ball and bat.
Hardik Pandya: Indian team’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya is an integral part of Team India in white ball cricket. This dashing player has created a unique identity in world cricket with his strong performance. Hardik has given India victory in many important matches by performing brilliantly in both bowling and batting departments.
But there has been another all-rounder in Team India who can compete with Hardik Pandya, but now this player’s career is ruined. This dashing all-rounder who used to win matches for Team India has now lost his ball and bat. Neither is he able to take wickets with the ball nor has he been able to play big innings with the bat.
This all-rounder’s ball and bat have started rusting
Indian team’s fast bowler Deepak Chahar has been out of Team India since 2023. He played his last match against Australia on 1 December 2024. After this, he was dropped from the team. Since then he has not been able to return to Team India. Deepak Chahar, who takes wickets with the new ball, plays domestic cricket from Rajasthan.
He is currently representing Rajasthan in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, but his performance in this tournament has not been anything special. This season he has played 6 matches in Vijay Hazare, in which he has been able to take only 7 wickets. His performance in batting has also not been as good as was expected from him. Chahar has scored only 81 runs in this tournament. At one time he was compared to Hardik Pandya.
Sometimes he used to give tough competition to Hardik Pandya
32-year-old Deepak Chahar used to compete with Hardik Pandya in bowling and batting in IPL, but Deepak’s career for India has not been as great as was expected from him. Deepak has scored 203 runs in 13 ODIs for India with an average of 33.83. During this, two half-centuries have come from his bat. At the same time, he has been able to take only 16 wickets in bowling.
Deepak has represented India in 25 matches in T20I, in which he has been able to score only 53 runs with 31 wickets. Deepak failed to perform the way he was expected to in Team India, after which he did not get a chance to return to Team India. But on the other hand, Hardik has strengthened his place in Team India. In white ball cricket, he is a part of almost every match for Team India.
Hardik-Deepak will play together in IPL
In the IPL Mega Auction 2025, Mumbai Indians bought Deepak Chahar for 9.25 crores. After this, Hardik Pandya and Deepak Chahar will be seen playing for Mumbai Indians this time. However, while Chahar will be part of the team as a bowling all-rounder, on the other hand, Hardik Pandya will be seen leading Mumbai. After buying Chahar, the Mumbai management has expressed a lot of hope for him in the upcoming season, but it will be interesting to see what wonders Chahar, who went from Chennai Super Kings to Mumbai Indians, can show.
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