Hardik Pandya has joined the Indian camp underway on the Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore. The India all-rounder, out of motion because the 2021 T20 World Cup, must endure health assessments for the following couple of days earlier than BCCI permits him to play within the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Hardik has been named captain by the newly added IPL franchise, Gujarat Titans.
In accordance with a report by Information Company PTI, BCCI is not going to permit Hardik to characteristic in IPL 2022 till he clears all of the health assessments on the NCA.
“Hardik shall be on the NCA for subsequent two days and seem within the numerous health assessments. He’s a centrally contracted cricketer and has not performed any cricket since T20 World Cup in UAE,” a BCCI supply informed PTI on circumstances of anonymity.
“He would want to cross the health take a look at because it has been necessary for a while now. Final 12 months, even Shreyas Iyer appeared for a health take a look at publish shoulder surgical procedure earlier than enjoying IPL,” he added.
The Gujarat Titans are presently present process quarantine, and their observe session will begin on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera from Thursday (March 17).
In the meantime, Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) official mentioned the franchise nonetheless has no affirmation on the precise availability interval of their star pacer Deepak Chahar. Purchased for a whopping worth of INR 14 crore, Chahar suffered a hamstring damage in the course of the T20I sequence towards Sri Lanka, and franchise CEO Kasi Viswanathan confirmed that the Tremendous Kings would take a ultimate name on him or his potential substitute solely after they obtain the total report from the NCA.
“At this stage, we aren’t considering of a substitute but,” the CSK official mentioned.
