Aakash Chopra: Hardik needs rest or hasn’t been selected

Aakash Chopra has raised questions over the non-selection of Hardik Pandya in the Indian squad for the upcoming T20I series against New Zealand. The 44-year old believes that India’s premier all-rounder didn’t need a rest. As he doesn’t play Test cricket and didn’t bowl in the IPL 2021 either.

After the T20 World Cup 2021, Team India is now moving ahead. The Indian team has been selected for the three-match T20 International series against New Zealand, with Rohit Sharma as the new captain and Rahul Dravid as the new head coach in this series. Some important things are in the selection of Team India.

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Hardik Pandya’s name is not includ in this list-

Hardik Pandya’s name is not included in this list, but the question is whether he has been dropped or rested. Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah have been rested from this series, but the reason for Hardik Pandya’s exit is not clear at the moment. Former India cricketer and renowned Hindi commentator Aakash Chopra want to know why Hardik had to sit out of the team.

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Does Hardik need this rest?

In a video posted on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said, “It is the right decision to rest Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, and Bumrah but what about Hardik Pandya? Does he need this rest? Or should he be dropped from the team.”? He is not playing Test cricket, has not bowled in IPL and T20 World Cup. He has not done anything in the last two matches. There was a time when Hardik was Team India’s top all-rounder But he has been in and out of the team since a back injury. The 28-year-old played as a finisher in this T20 World Cup. What will happen to him in the future, only time will tell.

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Chopra is surpris by five openers-

Five openers have got a place in Team India. Apart from captain Rohit Sharma, vice-captains KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Rituraj Gaikwad, and Venkatesh Iyer play as openers. Akash said, ‘There are a lot of openers in the team. There are some fundamental problems with the system and I would like to highlight them. In the future, the team, especially the T20 team, should be selected according to the slots available and not on who has scored how many runs. It is okay to consider IPL performance, but if you keep the highest run-scorer in the Indian team at No. 5, then he will not be able to perform as well.