Rohit expects Hardik to start bowling from ‘next week’
The Hindu
India vice-captain says the all-rounder is getting better day by day
Selection Committee chairman Chetan Sharma had said that Hardik Pandya would be bowling in the IPL but India vice-captain and Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma is expecting the all-rounder to start bowling from “next week” even though he won’t like to put a timeline on the subject.
Hardik played five matches in the UAE leg of IPL without a lot of success, save one game against Punjab Kings which he won with his batting and didn’t bowl a single over as anticipated when the Selection Committee chairman had announced publicly about the status of the Baroda player’s bowling fitness.
“In terms of his (Hardik) bowling, the physios, trainers are working. He hasn’t bowled a single ball yet. We wanted to take one match at a time and see where he stands,” Rohit said after MI’s last IPL game.