With the BCCI pulling the plug on the likes of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer so far as annual central contracts are involved, a number of former cricketers together with Irfan Pathan questioned the transfer asking why the identical rule did not apply to Hardik Pandya as properly, who missed the entire domestic season on account of damage and would not play red-ball cricket in any respect. Ishan and Shreyas needed to pay the worth of skipping red-ball domestic cricket whereas being away from the nationwide workforce.
After Irfan, former India pacer Praveen Kumar has additionally blasted the Indian all-round for being given preferential therapy as he was retained within the annual retainership checklist regardless of missing domestic cricket for a very long time. Speaking to Shubhankar Mishra on his YouTube channel, Kumar stated, “Hardik Pandya kya chaand se utar ke aaya hai? Khelna padega isko bhi. Kyun iske liye alag niyam hain? Usko bhi board ko dhamkaana chahiye. Kyun khel lega sirf T20? Teeno format khel na. Ya tu abhi 60-70 Test matches khekl chuka hain ki abhi sirf T20s khelega. Country ko tumhari zaroorat hain (Has Hardik Pandya descended from the moon? He has to play too. Why are there different rules for him? The BCCI should threaten him. Why would you play just the domestic T20 tournament? Play all three formats. Or have you played 60-70 Test matches that you will just play T20? The country needs you).”
Kumar requested for a little bit of readability from each the entities – the board and Hardik himself. Kumar stated that if Hardik shouldn’t be within the red-ball scheme of issues and would not wish to be thought of for the Test workforce, it must be communicated by him in writing whereas questioning BCCI for totally different guidelines for totally different gamers.Â
“Give it in writing that I am not available for Tests. Neither are you committing from it, nor are you withdrawing entirely. The BCCI should also be questioned. You can’t twist and mould rules for one player. But I feel that there must have been a discussion. If they think Hardik is an asset in T20 and we don’t want his fitness to be affected. Then it’s fine. Either that or a player should be informed that he is only going to be considered for T20s and ODIs but not for Tests. That way, a player is satisfied knowing about his future,” the previous India pacer additional added.
Pandya hasn’t performed a lot since his damage in the course of the World Cup 2023 match in opposition to Bangladesh final yr and shall be raring to go given there is a T20 World Cup to observe after the IPL.
