Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin highly praised Hardik Pandya on his YouTube channel. This became the latest cricket news as Ashwin hailed Hardik’s decision to not play test cricket. He said that Hardik has accepted that he cannot play test cricket right now which deserves worthy praise.
Since 2018, Hardik hasn’t participated in a Test match due to a reoccurring back injury. But, Hardik’s remarkable performance as an all-rounder in white-ball cricket since his injury comeback in June of last year and India’s need for a fast-bowling all-rounder in English conditions prompted the conversation about his return to red-ball cricket.
The Indian star, however, ended the conversation by stating that it would be “unethical” for him to rejoin the Indian Squad for the championship game and replace someone else since he had made no contributions to the team’s preparation for the important game.
Hardik said
“No. I am an ethically very strong person. I haven’t done 10% to reach there. I am not even a part of the 1%. So me coming there and taking someone’s place will ethically not go well. If I want to play Test cricket, I’ll go through the grind and earn my spot. Hence, for that reason I will not be available for the WTC final or future test series until I feel that I have earned my spot,” Hardik had said.
Ashwin’s reply
“We have reached the WTC final and many felt that Hardik Pandya must return to the Test side. Of course, those opinions were great since Hardik has done well in England with the limited Tests he has played there. But Hardik has said that it won’t do justice and, ‘I will come back when I feel it’s the right time to play Test cricket and I haven’t even played one percent role in qualifying for the finals’. This is a proper statement to the cricket fraternity and to the entire world by Hardik Pandya,” the veteran spinner said.
“We often tend to blame others for our failures. We believe in superstitions or find other reasons because, at the end of the day, we are disappointed. But Hardik has accepted that he isn’t eligible to play the Test at the moment. That is a big statement coming from a player- like him. Hats off to Hardik Pandya,” he added.
In the first ODI match against Australia, Ashwin praised Hardik for his leadership and for using Mohammed Siraj and Mohammed Shami to engineer Australia’s collapse from 155 for three to 188. With their match-winning spell, the match prediction quickly tilted towards India.
“Why am I hyping this so much about Hardik? Well, because he led us in Rohit Sharma’s absence in the first ODI against Australia. Many has praised saying that he doesn’t back down from a challenge. Australia were on course for a huge total. But Hardik played a role in bringing back Siraj and Shami even after the spinners took two wickets because he felt there was something in the wicket for the pacers. To get a team all out for 188 from 155 for three is a phenomenal achievement by India,” he said.
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