Sharjah: Coach Indian Mumbai Mahela Jayawene on Friday said the team was in no hurry to force a hardik pandya to bowling on the IPL because all-round might be “struggling” if it was pushed hard, which could endanger the sightseeing at the upcoming T20 World Cup.
After missing the first two matches in the second leg of the tournament, hardik played for pure noodles as Batsman.
It has asked questions for his choice in the Indian T20 World Cup squad, with the Chair of the Selectors which said that the hardik was fully suitable for a bowl at the Marquee event, starting October 17 in UAE and Oman.
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But Jayawardene feels the opposite and said that the Mumbai franchise was a constant touch with the Indian Think Tank team about hardik.
“He (hardik) hasn’t rot for a long time, so we’re just trying to do the best for a hardik.
We are in a constant touch with the management of the Indian team about hardik cases,” he told reporters during the virtual press.
The conference ahead of the next title holder against Mother Delhi is here on Saturday.
“Will he be a bowl in the IPL or not, we will see it every day.
I feel at that time if we push it too hard, he might fight.” Since returning from the back operation he experienced in 2019, hardik had not bowling as much as he did.
However, he has improved regularly during the five matches of the T20 against England in March earlier this year before rolling up his arm once in the ODI series the next three matches as part of his workload management.
But he did not bowl at the first foot of the IPL in India and continued not to use in the UAE as well.
Mumbai bear the second leg of a nightmare, after winning one of four matches here.
The defending champions are currently outside the top four, placing fifth in the standings with 10 points from 11 matches.
LED side Rohit Sharma will look for a play-off competition after securing their first victory in the second phase.
“Getting a victory under our belt is very important.
We should be when we were at the beginning of the tournament.
We did a lot of good things in our last match but there were still many improvements needed.” We will have it to play our best cricket to make it to the top four, “Jayardene said.
Batting has disappointed a big disappointment for the five-time IPL championship record with people like a bad Yadav house struggling with a score of 0, 8, 5, 3, UAE leg .
“He (solar) is a very important player for us but many cricket past such phase includes me.
I understand the focus is good and just about spending time in the middle, “said the coach.
Jayawardene agreed that the surface of the season in the UAE was very different from last year and had to be prepared to maintain the T20 World Cup in his mind.” The surface was slightly different from last year.
We see a little grass.
Maybe, it is done to protect the surface when the T20 World Cup is only three weeks away.
“The T20 World Cup is a neutral tournament, an ICC event so they just try to get the best surface,” he said.
Hardik might struggle if pushed into a bowl: coach Mi Jayawardene
