Hardik Pandya is the skipper of the Gujarat Titans, who are for the time being present process quarantine and will originate prepare at Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera from Thursday (March 18).
Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya. (Supply: Twitter)
Crew India all-rounder and Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya has joined the Indian camp, which is underway on the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, sooner than the origin of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022.
Hardik, who hasn’t played any cricket since the T20 World Cup closing October-November attributable to fitness points, will likely be on the NCA for a number of days sooner than he re-joins the Gujarat Titans for the upcoming season of IPL. Pandya is the skipper of the Gujarat Titans, who are for the time being present process quarantine and will originate prepare at Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera from Thursday.
The all-rounder will must bowl no longer less than 10 overs to repeat his fitness in NCA and be eligible to play within the IPL 2022. “The NCA physios and VVS Laxman will with regards to a resolution the fitness test program. However because the selectors have made it sure, he’ll must bowl on the least 10 overs and wander the mandatory Yo-yo test as per space parameters. It’s no longer specially designed for him. However all cricketers attain wish to wander the fitness assessments. For the centrally reduced in size avid gamers, it’s miles mandatory sooner than IPL,” a senior BCCI official educated InsideSport online page.
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The camp on the NCA is a brainchild of head coach Rahul Dravid and has been called for the white-ball avid gamers of the Indian personnel with an glimpse on the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. The personnel administration needs to desire stock of the avid gamers’ fitness and expose them accordingly sooner than the 2-month long IPL, a Cricbuzz file acknowledged.
The name-up for Pandya is a signal to him being within the plan of things for Dravid, who has began planning for the October match. Though the 10-day camp is winding up on Tuesday, Pandya will likely be there and will prepare alongside Mumbai Indians Surya Kumar Yadav and a number of other avid gamers, who are present process rehab on the BCCI’s Bangalore facility.
Within the intervening time, Chennai Huge Kings have acknowledged they quiet don’t have any confirmation on the actual availability duration of all-rounder Deepak Chahar for the IPL season. Chahar, who used to be bought for Rs 14 crore by CSK within the mega auction, has suffered a hamstring injury.
CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan acknowledged the franchise will desire a name on him or a likely alternative finest after a full file from the NCA on pacer’s injury keep of dwelling. “At this stage, we’re no longer thinking of a alternative yet,” Viswanathan acknowledged.
(with IANS inputs)
