With the ODI World Cup in sight, hosts India shall be wanting to determine their good permutations and combos forward of the ICC showpiece occasion. The guests acquired a setback within the type of a 1-2 ODI collection defeat in opposition to Australia just lately, and have lots to ponder upon. India started the collection with a five-wicket victory and took a 1-0 lead. But Australia staged a fightback and sealed a 10-wicket win within the second ODI in Visakhapatnam. Then within the deciding ODI, the guests grabbed a 21-run victory to seal the collection with a 2-1 win.

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One of the positives for India within the three-match collection was Hardik Pandya, who additionally skippered the aspect within the first ODI. Regular captain Rohit Sharma was absent for the primary ODI, and the all-rounder took over the function. Praised for his aggressive captaincy within the first ODI, Hardik took a wicket and performed a knock of 25 runs off 31 balls. In the second ODI, he noticed a sudden dip in type and was dismissed for one off three balls.

In the ultimate ODI, Hardik bounced again to type regardless of a defeat for India. The Gujarat Titans skipper took three wickets, which have been of openers Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh and Aussie captain Steve Smith. Meanwhile, he additionally smacked a knock of 40 runs off 40 balls. Speaking on Cricbuzz, wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik analysed Hardik’s function and known as him the ‘most necessary participant’ for India.

“He is unarguably the most important player in the lineup. A, because he brings two skills to the floor and the fact that he brings two tough skills to the floor. Medium pacer and batting all-rounder is something that is very, very hard to get. Yes, there are 2-3 players who are probably spinning all-rounders, but fast bowling all-rounders is very hard to get”, he stated.

“He bats very well by the center and clearly in terms of bowling, he appears to discover a approach to chip in and get wickets. What makes him actually onerous to play is his pure hyperlink as a result of the way in which he bowls, you all the time really feel he’s going to maintain in need of size. But the second he begins bowling fuller, the batsman’s weight is on the backfoot, in search of the brief ball much more and therefore you all the time are usually barely slower. It was a well-thought out dismissal of Mitchell Marsh, he modified the tempo nicely, he received Travis Head to play a pull shot, dropped in deep sq.. But once more received him taking part in a reduce shot.

“He is bowling well. He is definitely a very important cog in the wheel. He is one of those players that literally make up the outlook of the team, the way the team is constructed depends on where Hardik Pandya is. Suddenly if you remove him from the whole team and you feel that are we going a batter more or are we going a batter less. It becomes a massive question mark. For Team India, the key player is Hardik Pandya and if he is in form, he brings a lot to the table”, he additional added.

The 29-year-old shall be again in motion in IPL 2023, which is scheduled to start from March 31. He led Gujarat Titans to the title final season, in what was additionally their debut marketing campaign. GT open their marketing campaign this time within the season opener in opposition to Chennai Super Kings, on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.