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The India all-rounder was injured early in the match against Bangladesh in Pune. Here’s what Rohit Sharma said about Hardik Pandya’s injury. Next, the India vs New Zealand match will be held at Dharamasala on Sunday. New Zealand and India occupy the top two spots on the World Cup points table and remain the only unbeaten teams of the tournament.
The Unbeaten of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
India proved that they remain unbeaten at this year’s ICC Cricket World Cup by defeating Bangladesh by seven wickets at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Thursday.
257 Runs to win, India won at home with a score of 41.3 with Virat Kohli’s unbeaten hundred and Shubman Gill’s fifty. However, India’s star all-rounder Hardik Pandya was injured while bowling early in the match, meaning he needed to leave the field. He was unable to continue the match and has been taken to hospital for scans.
Fortunately, Pandya recovered and returned to the team after the match. Spotted in the team’s dressing room, Hardik Pandya was all smiles, on one side showing that he is fine and on the other he feels happy with the team’s victory along with Shubman Gill’s fifty and Virat Kohli’s hundred.
About Hardik Pandya
Hardik Himanshu Pandya, usually called Hardik Pandya, born at October 11, 1993 in Choryasi, Gujarat. He played domestic cricket for Baroda, First made headlines with his unbeaten 31-ball 61 for Mumbai Indians against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2015. Start from that, a long association with Mumbai and Hardik Pandya began, where he played and won 4 trophies and was highly regarded as a formidable goalscorer. By the end of the 2022 T20 World Cup, he was being tipped as India’s future captain, thanks to the leadership skills he showed that year when he transformed an undistinguished Gujarat Titans squad into IPL champions during their first year of existence.
Career
Hardik started his India career in 2016 when he was called up for a limited-overs visit to Australia, some time recently inspiring with the ball on seamer-friendly pitches in Bangladesh at the Asia Cup. He showed up to be the reply to India’s explore for a seam-bowling all-rounder, and with his sprightly fielding added to the mix, he fixed his spot in India’s squad for that year’s T20 World Cup.
While Hardik Pandya only bowled twice in the tournament, he bowled in the final against Bangladesh, defending two three-ball runs to help India win by one run. A little over a week later, Pandya endured the frustration of bowling no-ball to bowl out Lendl Simmons, whose unbeaten innings helped eventual champions West Indies reach the semi-finals.
Since at that point, it has not been all smooth cruising. The affect of a genuine back damage in 2018 proceeds to take after Hardik, some of the time constraining him from being able to bowl. And in early 2019, he was controversial when he made misogynistic and racist comments on a talk show and he was pulled up by the Indian council.
During the 2020s, Hardik developed his role as a senior player and won plaudits for his trust in players as a captain and as a person with free thoughts. In 2022, after India defeated Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, he said that he would not mind losing because the match was fun.
That year, like the previous year, Hardik Pandya put in an impressive all-round performance and captaincy, making 346 runs and taking 9 wickets in Gujarat Titans’ second consecutive final.
What India captain said about Hardik Pandya’s injury
About Pandya’s well being, Rohit Sharma was quizzed in the post-match presentation and here is the answer of Indian team captain about Pandya:
“He’s a little sore, nothing to worry about. We’ll see how he recovers tomorrow morning and then plan to move on.”
In the end, India should pray that Pandya recovers well enough to join the team for the cricket match between India and New Zealand on Sunday. Sunday’s match will be the pinnacle of this World Cup as New Zealand and India take second place on the 2023 World Cup points table and are the only unbeaten teams at the tournament. Losing Pandya means losing a fast bowling all-rounder, which will affect the balance of the team.
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