Hardik Pandya A Valuable Asset, Poor Form And Fitness Temporary: Rohit Sharma

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Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma says Hardik Pandya will bounce back from poor form and injury in time to play for India in the upcoming T20 World Cup. Pandya did not bowl during MI's campaign in the UAE leg of IPL 2021. Defending champions Mumbai did not qualify for the playoffs.   (Photos and video courtesy: BCCI) Follow this story and more: https://www.outlookindia.com/  #Sports #OutlookMagazine #OutlookGroup

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00:00 Firstly, could you please provide an update on where Hardik Pandya is with regards to

00:16 resuming bowling?

00:17 Secondly, would it be fair to say it was a disappointing season for him?

00:20 Just 127 runs and an average of 14 and strike rate 113.

00:24 Yeah, look, in terms of his bowling, he hasn't bowled yet.

00:29 So the physios, the trainers, the medical team is working on his bowling.

00:35 As of now, all I know is he hasn't bowled a single ball yet.

00:40 But we wanted to take one game at a time and see where he stands.

00:46 At the moment, today, you saw him didn't bowl today as well, but he's getting better day

00:52 by day.

00:53 So in the next week or so, he might be able to bowl.

00:57 Who knows?

00:58 Only the doctors or the physios will be able to give an update on that.

01:04 As far as his batting is concerned, yes, he'll be a little disappointed.

01:07 But we know the quality of him.

01:09 He's a quality player.

01:11 There's no doubt about that.

01:13 And he's come back from tough situations before as well.

01:17 Personally, for him, he will not be happy with his batting.

01:23 But again, the team has confidence in his ability.

01:27 I personally have confidence in his ability.

01:31 So yeah, look, he's progressing.

01:35 When you look at him, he's getting better every time that he goes onto the field.

01:39 He looks better and better.

01:40 But again, a player like him, probably just one innings away from getting back and getting

01:48 back to his own natural way.

01:52 And we've seen it in the past.

01:53 He's done it before as well.

01:55 So yeah, if I have to put everything together, I mean, I'm very personally confident of his

02:05 ability and we've seen it in the past.

02:08 And there's no doubt that he'll be a valuable asset.

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