Indian Legend “Little Master” Sunil Gavaskar has opened up about inclusion of Indian all rounded Hardik Pandya in the longest format of Cricket, to make India “invincible”.
India have always played top notch Test Cricket and maintained Number 1 rankings.
However, they have succumbed under pressure in both of their WTC finals against New Zealand and Australia.
Sunil Gavaskar feels that inclusion of Indian All Rounder Hardik Pandya can be a solution of these all, including him will make India the most dominant side in Test Cricket.
“Yes, absolutely, they can. I think in the next two months, there should be an attempt to convince Hardik Pandya to play Test cricket. If he bowls ten overs a day to go with his batting, this Indian team could become invincible, and they can surely go on and win the WTC and beat Australia in Australia,” Gavaskar stated.
Hardik has played 11 Tests for India, scoring 523 runs and picking 17 wickets. He last played a Test for India in 2018 against England before being left out of it entirely due to injury and workload management issues.
Hardik has himself stated that he is not ready to play Tests for India because his body won’t be able to take in the rigours of playing all three formats.
In ODIs and T20Is, Hardik has emerged as a match-winner for India – evident in his recent performances – picking up 11 wickets and scoring 144 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024.
But whether the team management listen to Gavaskar’s advice and risk exposing Pandya to the rigours of Test cricket is uncertain.
