"Proper Statement": Ravichandran Ashwin's Honest Take On Hardik Pandya's Test Return Comments

24.03.2023 - 11:27 sports.ndtv.com

Indian cricket team spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was all praise for teammate Hardik Pandya after he ruled himself out of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia and asked the team management to consider other talents for the match.

In a video posted on his YouTube channel, Ashwin emphasised on the fact that it is rare to see a player of Pandya's stature accept that he is not ready to play Test cricket and he lauded his teammate for setting a “proper statement for the cricketing fraternity”.

Pandya played his last Test match way back in August 2018. "We have reached the WTC final, and many felt that Hardik Pandya must return to the Test side.

Of course, those opinions were great since Hardik has done well in England with the limited Tests he has played there. But Hardik said that won't do justice and, 'I will come back when I feel it's the right time to play Test cricket.

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