New Delhi: Year 2022 so far has been phenomenal for Indian cricket team's star all-rounder Hardik Pandya. From being on the verge of getting dropped from the team due to his lacklustorous form to leading Gujarat Titans to their maiden IPL win in their debut season, the big turnaround was all because of his fitness. The star all-rounder took a break at the end of last year to work on his fitness and worked very hard to make a comeback as a mature player.
Pandya is currently enjoying the best phase of his career. Not only is he winning games for India with his hard-hitting skills but also has contributed highly with his bowling. Hardik, regarded as one of the best all-rounders in current generation of cricketers, is training hard at Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy stadium these days.
Hardik Pandya took to Instagram to share a video of his training in which he can be seen running at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and captioned it, "Chasing dreams."
Last month, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced India's squad for T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. The apex board had then announced that Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be reporting to the NCA for conditioning-related work during the course of the home series against Australia and South Africa. ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will take place in Australia from October 16 to November 13.
India squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Standby players - Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.