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Hardik Pandya Will Not Be Able To Play In The World Cup? There Has Been Both Good And Bad News
Hardik Pandya was injured against Bangladesh. He was not a part of the team in the WC match against New Zealand. What update has come now?
In the World Cup 2023, the Indian cricket team has won all five matches played so far. And the team is very close to reaching the semi-finals. Despite this, the concern of the Indian team has increased due to the injury of one player. Hardik Pandya was injured against Bangladesh. He was not a part of the team in the match against New Zealand. Now a big update has come regarding his injury.
According to the report of Devendra Pandey associated with Indian Express, the medical team will wait for a few more days for his recovery at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. In such a situation, Pandya may miss not only England but also the match against Sri Lanka. According to the report, Hardik Pandya is recovering at NCA after suffering an ankle injury. Where he has not started bowling. In such a situation, Pandya is expected to join the team in the last two league matches of the World Cup against South Africa on November 5 and the Netherlands on November 12.
The report further states that no one wants to rush into the matter of Indian team management. The management is hopeful that the star all-rounder will be fully fit for the last two matches.
Hardik was injured in his leg
Actually, Hardik Pandya came to bowl the ninth over of the innings against Bangladesh. This was also the first over of his quota. Liton Das hit a four on the third ball of the over. Liton hit an excellent straight drive. Hardik tried to stop it. During this, he slipped and got injured in his left leg. Seeing Hardik's pain, the players reached there and the physio was called. Hardik was given first aid on the field itself and his leg was bandaged.
After some time, Hardik left the field. And then Kohli came to bowl the remaining three balls of that over. Due to injury, Hardik could not play the match against New Zealand. At present, he is present in the National Cricket Academy for treatment.
Let us tell you that in the absence of Hardik Pandya, Team India captain Rohit Sharma had given Suryakumar Yadav a chance to play against New Zealand. In bowling, he dropped Shardul Thakur and included Mohammed Shami in the team.