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T20 World Cup: India’s chances will be bright if Hardik Pandya can bowl and bat, reckons Saba Karim

G jimss July 13, 2021 Sports Leave a comment

Former national selector Saba Karim reckons all-rounder Hardik Pandya will be extremely important for India’s campaign in the T20 World Cup in October this year. The showpiece tournament will be played between October 17 in the United Arab Emirates.

Pandya has said himself that he will be looking to bowl in all the matches at the T20 World Cup but Saba Karim said that will only be possible if India manage his workload from now on. Pandya is still recovering from a back surgery in late 2020 which is why he hasn’t bowled much since then.

Pandya bowled just 9 overs in 2020 and 17 in 2021 for a combined total of 26 overs since January last year. The Baroda cricketer though, is expected to play a part with the ball in the upcoming limited-overs matches in Sri Lanka and the IPL before he goes to the UAE for the T20 World Cup.

“The Sri Lanka tour will be challenging for Hardik Pandya as a batsman because he was struggling on the slow Chennai pitches during the IPL. He will get similar wickets in Sri Lanka, so whether he can score runs at a good strike rate in such challenging conditions in white-ball cricket,” Saba Karim told India News.

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