India all-rounder Hardik Pandya made his comeback to competitive cricket in the present day (February 26) by way of DY Patil T20 Cup 2024. He led Reliance 1 workforce in opposition to BPCL within the opening sport of the match. This is the first time that Hardik has returned to taking part in cricket since getting injured through the ODI World Cup sport in opposition to Bangladesh final 12 months.
Interestingly, Pandya opened the bowling innings for his facet and delivered three overs conceding 22 runs whereas selecting two wickets. Reliance 1 restricted the opposition to 126 runs of their 20 overs but in addition misplaced a variety of wickets within the chase. Moreover, Hardik got here out to bat at quantity 10 scoring solely three runs off 4 balls as they chased down the goal in solely 15 overs. Notably, the likes of Nehal Wadhera, Tilak Varma and Piyush Chawla who’re a part of the Mumbai Indians line-up additionally featured for Reliance 1 on this encounter.
As for Hardik Pandya, other than lacking the World Cup matches, he additionally did not function within the T20I collection in opposition to Australia, South Africa and Afghanistan. But given he’s match, Hardik Pandya is unquestionably going to be a part of the T20 World Cup squad with Rohit Sharma being the captain of the workforce. Moreover, he may also play the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Mumbai Indians and lead them within the season the place he changed Rohit on the helm.
Another participant who has been within the information for fairly some time now’s Ishan Kishan who got here again halfway from South Africa tour. He has been away from the game since then however was noticed coaching with Pandya brothers in Baroda. He is predicted to flip up for Reserve Bank of India workforce on Tuesday (February 27) marking his comeback to competitive cricket with lower than a month to go for IPL.
