Hardik Pandya did health workout routines and bowled on the India nets on Wednesday.
He solely performed as a batsman in India’s World T20 opener towards Pakistan.
India had an optionally available apply session on the ICC Academy floor on Wednesday. Initially, Pandya did a number of health workout routines underneath the supervision of staff physio Nitin Patel and assistant coach Soham Desai. From stretching to sprinting, it lasted about 20 minutes as his teammates had a web session.
Pandya then went to the nets and bowled, Shardul Thakur batted with Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Captain Virat Kohli, head coach Ravi Shastri and staff mentor MS Dhoni stored a detailed watch on him.
Pandya had bowled a number of overs in a T20I throughout India’s tour of Sri Lanka in July. Hardik didn’t bowl throughout IPL. “In terms of his (Hardik) bowling, physios, trainers are working. He hasn’t bowled a single ball yet. We wanted to take one match at a time and see where he stood,” his Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma had stated after the staff’s final match within the IPL.
A query mark over Pandya’s bowling health prompted the nationwide selectors to incorporate Shardul Thakur in the primary squad for the ICC occasion on the expense of Axar Patel.
Before Pakistan’s recreation, Kohli talked about Pandya’s worth as a power-hitter at No. During the match, he suffered an damage to his proper shoulder and a scan was carried out, which confirmed nothing severe.
India are reeling underneath a sixth bowling choice, which was revealed throughout their 10-wicket loss to Pakistan.
Pandya was additionally seen batting taking a throwdown on the nets at present.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
