Former seamer Irfan Pathan insisted that Indian cricket should cease obsessing over Hardik Pandya’s value as an all-rounder at worldwide degree as he has didn’t make an affect in ICC tournaments.
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Former seamer Irfan Pathan has insisted that Indian cricket should cease obsessing over Hardik Pandya’s value as an all-rounder at worldwide degree, saying he has didn’t create an affect in ICC tournaments.
The Mumbai Indians all-rounder is battling poor type this IPL season, elevating questions on his inclusion in India’s T20 World Cup squad, which is to be introduced quickly.
“What I feel about Hardik Pandya is that Indian cricket needs to make it clear that they should not give him that much priority as they have given him so far, because we still haven’t won the World Cup,” Pathan mentioned on Star Sports Press Room Show, Ticket to World Cup.
“If you think you are a primary all-rounder, you need to make that kind of an impact at the international level. As far as the all-rounder is concerned he hasn’t made that impact at the international level, we are only thinking about the potential.” The former India left-arm seamer noticed that there’s a “big difference” between efficiency within the IPL and worldwide cricket, and suggested Pandya to play all year long as a substitute of “picking” tournaments.
“We are getting confused between the IPL performances and the international performances. That’s a big difference. First of all, he needs to play throughout the year. He cannot pick and choose.
“Indian cricket must cease doing that. Stop giving preferences to people, for those who do this, you’ll not be profitable main tournaments.
“What Australia has been doing for many years is that they are actually preferring the team game. Making everyone a superstar. Not one superstar, everybody is a superstar in the squad. If you don’t do that, you will not win big tournaments.” Pathan additionally opined on issues round finishers and the group’s tempo bowling unit.
“This is what I’m really scared about when it comes to the World Cup. Look, my worry is with the T20 World Cup, we are pretty much sorted as far as the top-order batting is concerned. We are pretty much sorted in the middle-overs as well.
“If we’re pondering Ravindra Jadeja is a quantity seven batter, you want a great finisher. His numbers are not that nice so far as the strike-rate is worried on the worldwide degree. So, there’s a fear for me there and the quick bowling.
“Apart from Bumrah, if I look at the guys playing in IPL, played before the IPL in the South Africa series, their numbers are not that great — be that it’s Arshdeep, be that it’s Mohammed Siraj, you know, the guys who played last.
“So these two departments, it actually makes me fear. These are the departments which might be going to be very, very essential,” Pathan mentioned.