India will be playing Match 21 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 fixtureagainst 2019 finalists New Zealand at Dharamsala’s Himachal Pradesh CricketAssociation Stadium on Sunday without its star all-rounder Hardik Pandya.
Hardik Pandya, who has proved himself as a valuable player with hisall-round performances, suffered an ankle injury while bowling just threedeliveries in the match against Bangladesh at Pune’s Maharashtra CricketAssociation Stadium on Thursday. He was taken off the field and remainedout of the encounter.
Prolific batter Virat Kohli, who powered the side to a seven-wicket win inthe game, completed Hardik Pandya’s over.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has confirmed that the30-year-old has been sidelined from the game due to the extent of hisinjury.
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He is expected to return to the team for the encounter against defendingchampions England on October 29th at Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Shri AtalBihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.
“He [Hardik Pandya] will not be taking the flight to Dharamsala with theteam on 20th October and will now join the team directly in Lucknow whereIndia plays England,” the BCCI stated. “He is advised rest and will beunder the constant supervision of the BCCI medical team.”