Indian Selectors Stand Over Hardik Pandya’s Fitness, To Take A Call By October 15

The T20 World cup was to be organized by the ICC from 18 October to 15 November 2020. But due to the continuous escalation of the Covid pandemic, it was temporarily postponed. Sports lovers were deeply saddened by this decision of ICC. The Indian Cricket Schedule is all over the net but board has not yet decided over Hardik Pandya.

The Board of Control for Cricket in Indi (BCCI) on Sunday (October 10) hurled a murmur of help as it got five additional days to change the group picked for the T20 World Cup 2021, scheduled to be held in UAE and Oman from October 17 to November 14. 

As indicated by a report, the cutoff time for presenting the last crew to the International Cricket Council (ICC) is October 15. Hence, the fans have to wait for Indian Cricket update.

With this turn of events, the Chetan Sharma-drove determination board got the genuinely necessary chance to accept an approach all-rounder Hardik Pandya's accessibility for the masterpiece competition. 

It is significant for India that Hardik begins bowling heading into the T20 World Cup, else it will be hard for him to get a spot in the playing XI as an expert hitter. Eminently, he didn't astonish a solitary in the second period of IPL 2021 for Mumbai Indians (MI).

"The selectors will wait and watch on how Hardik shapes up in the next few days. The selectors went with just three genuine pacers because it was believed Hardik would be fit enough to bowl his quota of overs. Since he hasn't bowled at all in the IPL, there's no form to go by," a top BCCI official told TOI on Sunday.

The cut-off date to submit the final squad was October 10 but it was reportedly for the participating nations who are playing the qualifiers.

It is pertinent to mention here that the first round of the tournament will see the qualifying event taking place from October 17 to 23, while the Super-12 stage will get underway on October 24.

"Teams can change their teams seven days prior to the start of their support period. India's support period starts with the Super 12 which begin on Oct 23. So, they have time to change the team till Oct 15 midnight," an ICC source told.

As per the report, the selectors want to be absolutely certain that Pandya will be fit enough to bowl in all the games. Just a couple days ago, MI skipper Rohit Sharma had said that he expects the all-rounder to start bowling from "next week".

Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar already feature in the last of standby players and if needed, one of them could be drafted to the main squad.

"It's not decided if Hardik will be dropped altogether if he doesn't get bowling ready. But he is running out of time as an allrounder. If any one of Thakur and Deepak gets in, then there's a chance of the selectors asking Harshal Patel to stay back in UAE," the BCCI source told.

Mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy’s fitness is another cause of concern for the Indian team leading up to the T20 World Cup.

"Chakravarthy is seen as an X-factor and the team management is very keen to have him in the team. But the state of his knees will also be assessed. It needs to be seen if the team's medical staff is confident of managing him through the tournament," the source added.

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