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Rohit Sharma Skips Answer on Backup Plans for Hardik’s Injury

In the 2023 World Cup, Pandya had suffered an ankle injury while he was  trying to stop a ball off his own bowling during the group stage game against Bangladesh. That injury caused him to miss the T20I series at home against Australia

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By Mausam Pandya
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Indian captain, Rohit Sharma, told reporters at the pre-match press conference for the 1st ODI against England to refrain from focusing on negative scenarios. When he was asked about potential alternative plans in case all-rounder Hardik Pandya were to get injured, similar to the 2023 World Cup, he replied:

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“Why are we thinking about the negatives? That he will get injured, this will happen, that will happen. In the minds of the selectors, there are things in our minds. I can’t say that here. But there are things. We played the World Cup when he got injured,” Rohit stated.

“He got injured in the 3rd or 4th match. After that, we played the whole tournament. Although we lost the final, we played good cricket till the final. So now, I won’t think about what will happen if he gets injured. What will happen if this happens, what will happen if that happens. I think, you are playing good cricket now. So we will hope that you keep playing good cricket and nothing happens,” he added further. 

In the 2023 World Cup, Pandya had suffered an ankle injury while he was  trying to stop a ball off his own bowling during the group stage game against Bangladesh. That injury caused him to miss the T20I series at home against Australia, as well as 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs in South Africa that year.

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Slowly and gradually made his return to competitive cricket during the IPL last year and helped India secure the T20 World Cup. Anyways, Pandya has yet to play an ODI since the 2023 World Cup match against Bangladesh, where he had sustained the injury.

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