Hardik Pandya, who scored his career best 90 against Australia in the first ODI at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which was unfortunately to no avail, acknowledges that India needs to prepare its next all-rounder as long as it is not authorized to bowl. Pandya, who abstained from bowling after his return to competitive cricket following his back surgery last year, plays in the Indian XI primarily as a batsman, but at the same time, denies India a sixth bowling option. , whose need was felt during your average bowling show on Friday.
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To solve India’s multipurpose conundrum until bowling is allowed, Hardik suggested that the team perhaps could ‘search the Pandya family,’ referring to brother Krunal Pandya, who is an integral part of the franchise of IPL Mumbai Indians and has played 18 T20I for India scoring 121 runs and collecting 14 wickets.
“That has always been the question, right? We have to find and maybe do … I’ve always believed that … even when I hit the track, I wasn’t always the off-roader I wanted to be. But over time I braced myself and became that bowling option. I worked at my bowling alley. “
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The Indian bowlers had a forgettable outing when Australia hit them to score 374/6, their highest ODI total against India. While Jasprit Bumrah leaked 73 runs, pacemaker Navdeep Saini and leg thrower Yuzvendra Chahal allowed 172 combined runs in 20 overs. Mohammed Shami was the pick to finish 3/59, but most Indian bowlers had no response to Aaron Finch and Steve Smith’s century and Glenn Maxwell’s 19-ball 45-ball cameo.
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“Yeah, it’s always going to be tough when you go with five bowlers. When someone has a day off, you have no one to meet the quota. More than injury, the role of the sixth bowler is when someone among the five players is having a bad day. I think it’s going to be … maybe we have to do, maybe we have to find someone who has already played against India, prepare him and find a way to make him play, ”Pandya said.
When it comes to the return to bowling, Pandya is taking it step by step. Reports suggest that the off-roader, which is bowling in the nets, is in the process of completely reshaping its action, which won’t put too much pressure on your back. But at the moment, Hardik is far from reaching that stage.
“It is a process. I’m looking at a long-term goal where I want to be 100% of my bowling ability for the biggest games. The World Cups are coming. More crucial series to come. Whenever necessary, ”Pandya said of his bowling alley.
“I’m thinking like a long-term plan, not a short-term where I burn out and maybe have something else [injury] that is not there. So it’s going to be a process that I’m following. I can’t tell you exactly when I’m going bowling, but the process is underway. In the networks, I am playing bowling. It’s just that I’m not ready to play, but I’m bowling. It’s about confidence and the skill has to be international. “
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