The IPL 2022 has been going on with a bang. While the star players like Faf du Plessis, Hardik Pandya, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and a few others have been doing well, new players like Ayush Badoni and Avesh Khan have been taking the limelight as well. However, among all, Hardik Pandya is the one who needs to prove himself more considering his present situation.
He has been out of action from the national team for quite some time now. While he did bat in a few innings, he was out of bowling completely due to his surgery earlier. However, he has returned to bowling now and former BCCI chairman of selectors MSK Prasad said that he couldn’t be more proud of the way he has made his return to the game as well.
“Whenever he does well, I feel proud and I feel like my own son has performed or done anything like that. It was very difficult to find a great all-rounder post the legendary Kapil Dev but someone who has got skills. The beauty about this boy is that his basics are very strong. His bowling basics, batting basics, fielding basics – everything is very strong. All that he needs to understand is to keep that part between his ears in a good stead and I am sure he will grow into a wonderful allrounder,” Prasad told cricket historian and broadcaster Boria Majumdar in his YouTube show.
Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya has tasted great success during his IPL captaincy stint with Gujarat Titans where they have led the franchise to wins against both Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals as well, and Prasad is impressed with his captaincy so far.
“Now that he is not the same chubby-bubbly sort of a Hardik. Now he’s married, settled down and got an added responsibility with Gujarat Titans. I’m sure it is definitely going to help him, Titans and Indian cricket. The way he led the other day – because I was there on the ground – he was very cool, calm and the manner in which he rotated the bowlers and placed fielders, everything was spot on. Even when the wickets were taken, he maintained his composure and I like that attitude,” MSK Prasad shared about Hardik Pandya.